Submissions close next week on the biggest overhaul of New Zealand’s H&S legislation since 2015.
Employment lawyer Shelley Eden comments on Tesla sending managers to the homes of workers on sick leave and why that wouldn’t fly in New Zealand.
One worker fell foul of the ERA after telling a former manager they had a ‘small brain’ following settlement of an employment dispute.
Employment specialist Charlotte Joy of BE Employment Law gives the legal take on the pros and cons of working from home.
A recent ERA constructive dismissal case raises the issue of an employer’s ‘negligent retention’.
Employment lawyer outlines what employees can do when they’re owed money from an ERA finding but the company goes under.
The senior council manager was quickly dismissed after putting up a sign saying he still didn’t trust the council’s CEO.
And DLA Piper partner Carl Blake on Australian employers being told to ‘rack off’ from contacting employees after work hours – and the unlikelihood of ‘right to disconnect’ rules being enacted in New Zealand.
Simpson Grierson employment partner Rachael Judge on a case that Jesus Christ himself would struggle to untangle.
Christchurch company just didn't think laterally enough about other roles for an employee it tried to make redundant, says employment law expert Shelley Eden.