The Minister for Work Place Relations and Safety recently introduced... read more

The Minister for Work Place Relations and Safety recently introduced a plan for the creation of fair pay agreements (FPAs),...

The owner/employer of a Canterbury pub have been ordered to pay... read more

The owner/employer of a Canterbury pub have been ordered to pay a penalty of $30,000 for wrongly treating permanent employees...

The Fair Pay Agreement Working Group has released a Report of... read more

The Fair Pay Agreement Working Group has released a Report of recommendations on the Fair Pay Agreement (FPA). For more...

Many employers are grappling with what availability requirements... read more

Many employers are grappling with what availability requirements mean for their workplace, and a recent Employment Court case, discussed below,...

A new Code of Good Faith in Collective Bargaining (Code) under... read more

A new Code of Good Faith in Collective Bargaining (Code) under the Employment Relations Act 2000 (Act) has been approved...

A recent Employment Court case, discussed below held that ordinary... read more

A recent Employment Court case, discussed below held that ordinary business risk or the general risk of financial insecurity is...

Trial periods are now limited (effective 6 May 2019) to employers... read more

Trial periods are now limited (effective 6 May 2019) to employers with less than 20 employees, and should be removed...

The Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) has... read more

The Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) has released a Discussion Paper for the design of the Fair Pay...