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0800 470 124 Get In Touch Name(Required)Email(Required) Phone(Required)Company Name(Required)Untitled(Required) Δ An employee’s employment agreement will set out the general terms and conditions under which the employment relationship will operate. The company will also have set policies and procedures that provide specific guidelines with respect to how the company will operate, and therefore how the employee […]

Many organisations may seek to engage labour on a ‘contracting’ basis, rather than as employees, believing this offers a greater degree of flexibility within the workforce, while reducing the usual risks and liabilities that occur in traditional employment models. However, while ‘contracting out’ is well established in many industry sectors, the fact that the parties

Restructuring a business that may result in employee redundancies is a complex process, thwart with all kinds of problems that could result in significant employment liabilities being incurred. This is even more difficult when a small number of redundancies need to be made from a larger group of employees, all doing the same or similar

Every year the EMA publishes statistics on personal grievance (PG) determinations of the Employment Relations Authority (the Authority), using data from the Thomson Reuters Westlaw NZ Personal Grievance Tracker Analysis. The purpose is this analysis to get a sense of current trends in terms of the number and type of grievances, awards, costs, and success rates.

An employee’s terms and conditions of employment will be contained within the Employment Agreement and the employer’s Code of Conduct.

On very rare occasions during an employee’s period of employment with the company, a situation or event may arise where you may need to consider suspending the employee for a period while an investigation or disciplinary process occurs.

Medical Incapacity refers to an employee’s inability to be able to complete the duties and responsibilities aligned to the role they hold in a company after a prolonged period of absence due to sickness or injury.

An employee can claim that they have been unjustifiably disadvantaged when an employer does something that makes an employee’s job harder, something that negatively affects the employee’s terms and conditions of employment or where the employer’s actions may be seen to be unfair, unreasonable or in breach of their Good Faith Obligations.

A preliminary investigation is a process used where the employer gathers information to enable them to make a decision as to whether they can move to a formal disciplinary process…

Things to consider when making an employment agreement.