Top tips to get your employment law systems and documents sorted for 2021 We’ve noticed that for many, 2020’s Covid-19 concerns, lockdown(s), Wage Subsidy, and Alert Level periods meant that...Read More
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
The Government has introduced the Holidays (Increasing Sick Leave) Amendment Bill (“the Bill”) into Parliament, in line with its election promise to extend minimum sick leave entitlements. We...Read More
Following our recent employment legislation update, we discuss key changes to the new privacy legislation. The Privacy Act 2020 (“the new Act”) comes into force on 1 December 2020. It moves...Read More
In the wake of Covid-19 lockdown(s), and the Labour Government’s intention to further increase the minimum wage, double sick leave entitlements, and introduce fair pay agreements, some SMEs (and...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