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...
Date: 09 Aug 2013, Filed under: Criminal Charges, Employment Law, Employment Relationship Problems, Employment Agreements, Personal Grievances, Immigration, Privacy
When an employer is hiring a new employee, it’s important to carry out reference checks before confirming an offer of employment.
Many employers also...
Date: 02 Aug 2013, Filed under: Employment Law, Employment Relationship Problems, Employment Agreements, Personal Grievances, Information Technology, Media, Privacy
Email has become an essential work tool for many people, but providing employees with email can be a double-edged sword, as numerous employers are finding....
Date: 30 Jun 2013, Filed under: Employment Law, Employment Relationship Problems, Employment Agreements, Personal Grievances, Media, Privacy
Every so often we hear stories in the media about major privacy breaches, not uncommonly on the part of a public sector organisation. These media ‘storms’...
Date: 24 Jun 2013, Filed under: Workplace Injuries, Employment Law, Employment Relationship Problems, Employment Agreements, Personal Grievances, Human Rights, Mental Health, Privacy
Situations sometimes arise where an employer needs information about an employee’s medical condition or claim of ill health. For example, if they’ve been...
