Power companies are more often in the media as a result of their profits and the high cost of electricity. A “shout out” to Contact Energy for recently introducing a...
The giant social media companies are again in the media. The social damage that is often the focus of media reports for them is instead another type of social damage;...
The Chief Judge of the Employment Court issued a judgment last week which should send a strong seismic-like wave through the Uber companies and their like, taxi...
Auckland has a new Mayor – Wayne Brown. The Mayor campaigned on a platform of change. On the campaign trail Mr Brown promised to take back control of the...
Cases of being able to successfully justify a dismissal for reasons of incompatibility between employees are rare. How does the employer resolve the situation where an...
A recent series of racist attacks on election campaign billboards of Asian candidates in Auckland show that race still remains an issue for a very small minority of our...
Strikes and lockouts are largely an action of last resort in collective bargaining in New Zealand. When they do happen, they often gain the attention of the public and...
Published in Human Resources - Spring 2022 Under the Health and Safety at Work Act, employers have a duty to eliminate risks to health and safety , so far as is...
Here’s a hypothetical case for an employer to grapple with. Before commencing employment the employee has disclosed the most serious incident the employee was involved...
Our athletes and sportspeople have been doing us proud in Birmingham. Our attention is drawn to male and female events alike with no disparity. If a medal is achieved,...
Managing health and safety at work is everyone’s responsibility . People often get hurt because nobody has thought about how the work might be dangerous. Sometimes...
Don’t sack someone because they are pregnant . It should be obvious, but some employers still seem to ignore such basic rules, to their significant financial peril....
