Employment Articles of Interest

A variety of employment related articles as follows:

Staff redundancies in the context of Covid-19

Remote working: considerations for employers with employees opting to continue working from home post lockdown

Will drug testing be thrown out the window?

Updates to wage subsidy – resurgence scheme and leave support scheme

Covid-19 wage subsidies – what is “best endeavours”?

Changes to Employment Law - triangular employment relationships

Can employers really commit to ‘training and upskilling New Zealanders’ if that means giving some employees advantages over others?

Partnership Law Act 2019 – Am I a partner?

Gender pay gap guide released

Name Suppression not a barrier to legitimate employment interest

Domestic violence: no longer a private affair

Penalty for breaching non-disparaging clause in record of settlement

Women pay equity transparency bill unsuccessful

Restructure and Redundancy

Minimum wage to increase

Contracting out of personal grievance claims

Choice of law upheld in cross-border employment relationships

Pay equity for women – it’s a start right?

Easter Trading Laws

Employment Law Shake Up – Changes from April 2016

Restraint of Trade: Mike Pero v Krishna.

Health & Safety: Volunteers

Common mistakes employers make

Dismissal for long term incapacity or illness

Directors and Officers liability under the Health and Safety at Work Act 2015

Employment Standards Legislation Bill