Date: 26 Feb 2018, Filed under: Employment Law, Employment Relationship Problems
Can a firm deduct your wages? Lawyer Carolyn Heaton discusses a case of unlawful wage deduction.
Date: 15 Feb 2018, Filed under: Employment Law, Employment Relationship Problems
The Film Industry Working Group expected to recommend changes to the way workers are employed by mid 2018.
Date: 09 Feb 2018, Filed under: Employment Law, Employment Relationship Problems, Employment Agreements
The Employment Relations Authority (ERA) upheld Qantas employees concerns over changing rosters, ordering payments as a penalty for breaching the collective...
Date: 26 May 2017, Filed under: Employment Law, Employment Relationship Problems
Legal advice for employers about dealing with anonymous complaint made by staff about each other.
Date: 12 Sep 2013, Filed under: Employment Law, Employment Relationship Problems, Employment Agreements, Personal Grievances, Redundancy
Normally, holiday pay can only be paid to an employee in New Zealand if they take annual leave, cash in annual leave (a maximum of one week per year may...
Date: 09 Sep 2013, Filed under: Contract Law, Employment Law, Employment Relationship Problems, Employment Agreements, Personal Grievances
When resigning from a job, an employee may ask what their employer can do if they don’t give the notice that is required by their employment agreement....
Date: 06 Sep 2013, Filed under: Contract Law, Employment Law, Employment Relationship Problems, Employment Agreements, Personal Grievances, Human Rights
In New Zealand, the Human Rights Act 1993 and Employment Relations Act 2000 makes it unlawful for an employer to discriminate against an employee (or potential...
Date: 26 Aug 2013, Filed under: Contract Law, Employment Law, Employment Relationship Problems, Employment Agreements, Personal Grievances
Abandonment of employment is a concept in New Zealand case law (it’s not specifically covered by legislation) where an employer can declare an employee’s...
Date: 23 Aug 2013, Filed under: Employment Law, Employment Relationship Problems, Employment Agreements, Personal Grievances
The legal requirement for employers to provide employees with rest and meal breaks in New Zealand is covered by Part 6D of the Employment Relations Act...
Date: 12 Aug 2013, Filed under: Workplace Injuries, Employment Law, Employment Relationship Problems, Employment Agreements, Personal Grievances, Redundancy, Mediation, Privacy
At the last election, the Government committed to making changes to employment law. Its proposals were published in June 2013, in the form of the Employment...
