Submissions close next week on the biggest overhaul of New Zealand’s H&S legislation since 2015.
The unions want a New Zealand right to disconnect law, as Australia’s one faces a legal challenge for the first time.
Lane Neave partner on the perception that it’s getting harder for employers to get a dismissal case over the line in the ERA; but things have changed with new legislation.
MBO Law director Mary Breckon O’Sullivan looks at the new biometric processing privacy code and the latest on Bunnings’ facial recognition technology.
The new Modern Slavery Bill gets its first reading in Parliament today. What do businesses need to do?
The Covid-19 science communicator talks about her PledgeMe campaign towards her legal costs in a case against the University of Auckland.
Be Employment Law associate Sam De La Mare looks at what’s allowed in workplace sick leave policies, and what’s not.
EMA head of legal Mauro Barsi talks about conditional offers, pre-employment drug testing, and revoking job offers.
We wrap up the highs and lows of the 2025 employment law year and the outlook for 2026.
If you’re closing down business over the festive season, Simpson Grierson senior associate Ashleigh Inder discusses the right way to do it.