The Government’s Domestic Violence – Victims’ Protection Act gives new entitlements to victims of domestic violence and puts strict obligations on their employers.… Read More
When an employer fires an employee for misconduct but gets the process wrong, the first thing they tend to ask us is “Doesn’t the employee’s bad behaviour matter at all?”.… Read More
The reality is that firing somebody, and the way an employer goes about it, can have a significant impact on an employee and even result in serious medical effects.… Read More
As with a healthy relationship of any kind, mutual satisfaction between an employer and an employee relies on communication.… Read More
This post is some crystal ball gazing about what we might see happening in New Zealand’s employment laws (without the political spin).… Read More
“What if I catch an employee red-handed – surely I can fire them on the spot?” The answer is no – not even then. Employers still have to follow a fair process.… Read More
Employers are regularly confused about the difference between permanent, casual and fixed-term employees, and what kind of staff member they should have. Here’s our guide.… Read More
There are a minefield of legal problems that an under-resourced employer has to negotiate to successfully conclude an employment investigation, without falling foul of the procedural rules that abound.… Read More
Spearheaded by Greens MP, Jan Logie, the Domestic Violence – Victims Protection Bill aims to improve legal protections for victims of domestic violence by establishing systems of workplace support.… Read More
Many employers will have agreements which fall foul of the new amendments and could find themselves up for fines or liable to pay large amounts of back pay for overtime or cancelled shifts unless the agreements are updated.… Read More