New Zealand’s stretched health system is expected to come under further pressure as more than 5000 senior doctors have threatened to take part in an unprecedented...
A recent Employment Court decision confirms the importance of documenting whether the working relationship is one of employee or contractor. It also demonstrates that...
Businesses like to control information , particularly if it is likely to negatively their business or reputation. Information, or lack of information, provides a means...
Is the National Party jumping on another conservative right-wing bandwagon, like its stance on the Treaty Principles Bill? Last week the Prime Minister, Christopher...
Workers should feel threatened . The National led government is planning to continue its programme of reducing employment protections for workers this year. It follows...
Waitangi Day marks the signing of New Zealand's Treaty of Waitangi or Te Tiriti o Waitangi in Māori between the British Crown and Māori chiefs. Now that Waitangi Day...
As part of the Government’s drive to cut costs , it has made much of the large contract awarded to multi-national company Compass which leads a consortium to provide...
It is a tough job being a cop , it may be even a harder job being a top cop, but it seems impossible to be the top cop and a woman in New Zealand. For a short period of...
How important is the safety of workers and customers to us as the risk of theft and violence appears to escalate in the retail sector? The sometimes conflicting...
Prime Minister Christopher Luxon and the Government formally apologised to the survivors of abuse in care yesterday after the Royal Commission released its report into...
Employer’s are quite good at identifying issues in the workplace by instinct – does it meet the “sniff test”; does something smell “fishy”? Recent revelations suggest...
I nterviews for employment are problematic. The employee wants to impress; often the employer wants to impress too. All too often the hard questions are not asked....
