Employment Relations Amendment Bill risks eroding fairness and legal protections for a significant group of workers, unless it is substantially revised.
Act Party says amendment would help ‘avoid costly unfair dismissal or personal grievance claims’. Employment lawyer Sam De La Mare says taking the personal grievance measure from employees is significant.
Simpson Grierson partner Rachel Judge on recent changes to the Crimes Act.
Workers First Union general secretary Dennis Maga discusses new bills aimed at stopping pay secrecy and wage theft.
DLA Piper partner Carl Blake thinks it’s the highest damages award for a privacy breach since the infamous ‘cake’ case a decade ago.
Duncan Cotterill senior associate Jeremy Ansell looks at the impact of government cutbacks at MBIE.
Tompkins Wake partner Daniel Erickson discusses the importance of a written employment agreement.
Source Services senior employment lawyer Gerard Elwell discusses a recent Court of Appeal ruling.
But Lane Neave partner Fiona McMillan says it’s unlikely there will ever be hard and fast rules on the issue.
Buddle Finlay special counsel Shaun Brookes explains why exemplary damages Taylor sought against the RNZAF were denied.