COVID-19

For those leasing commercial premises, you may be able to obtain a rent reduction to help bring your costs down during this difficult period.… Read More

At Alert Level 3, subject to certain conditions, the necessary steps to complete property transactions can now start to take place.… Read More

Snells Beach Café ordered to pay over $136,000 for abruptly sacking employees just before New Zealand’s first alert-level 4 lockdown in 2020.… Read More

While our physical office doors are shut during Level 4, our team is working from home through our digital office.… Read More

With two NZ travel bubbles now fully operational, Kiwis are finally able to take off on a long-awaited holiday. For employers, this raises some questions as to how to manage employees’ personal and work-related travel.… Read More

There are many businesses who will want everyone in the workplace to be vaccinated against COVID-19. Can an employer in NZ make vaccination mandatory like other health and safety requirements?… Read More

The Employment Court recently considered a discrete issue about whether employees at home are entitled to receive the minimum wage during the lockdown period.… Read More

Bullying and harassment of all kinds is an increasingly common workplace employment issue.… Read More

The COVID-19 pandemic has brought into sharp focus the importance of having well –considered, written and signed employment agreements. … Read More

This newsletter discusses restructuring your business during a pandemic, understanding just what a triangular employment relationship is and what it means for you as an employer, and your new obligations under the Privacy Act 2020.… Read More