The Employment Court has issued its much-anticipated appellate decision (on a limited issue) in Gate Gourmet New Zealand Ltd v Sandhu. In the context of last year’s COVID-19 lockdown, the...Read More
Along with all the legal questions arising out of New Zealand’s response to the global pandemic it has also been a busy time for new and proposed legislation that impacts employment law. This...Read More
We recently published an article regarding the cases arising from legal questions about the payment of wages in the pandemic. We talked about our surprise, due to the wider public impact of the...Read More
The Extension to the Wage Subsidy Extension. No that is not a typo. On Monday Finance Minister Grant Robinson announced the Resurgence Wage Subsidy (RWS). The RWS is a follow on from the Wage...Read More
Salary and Wage obligations during the Pandemic - The current case law position and a reminder of the general principles With new cases of community transmission in New Zealand, Auckland is...Read More
The timeframe to raise personal grievances for lockdown redundancies and unilateral changes to hours is limited. There has been a significant spike in the number of personal grievances raised...Read More
As a result of COVID-19 restrictions, many small businesses are struggling to meet fixed costs due to the loss of revenue. The scale of the issue is not clear, but according to the released...Read More
The COVID-19 pandemic has created a difficult reality for many commercial landlords and tenants. It is important to know what legal changes have occurred that will affect existing leases and...Read More