Directors should heed best practice health and safety guideline *

New Zealand - June 4 2013
Following the final report of the Royal Commission on the Pike River Coal Mine Tragedy, the Institute of Directors (IoD) and the Ministry of…

Co-authors: Dianny Wahyudhi.

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5 reasons why you need a social media policy *

New Zealand, United Kingdom, USA - January 25 2013
It's a new year and time for employers to consider updating your policies. Given that the past 12 months have seen continued development of social…

Co-authors: Anna Holland.

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Pike River Commission proposes health and safety reform to improve corporate governance *

New Zealand - November 23 2012
The recent report of the Royal Commission on the Pike River Coal Mine tragedy (the Commission) calls for urgent legislative, structural and attitudinal change on the part of employers, workers and regulators alike.

Co-authors: Anna Holland.

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Earthquake prone buildings and the Health and Safety in Employment Act *

New Zealand - October 25 2012
The Christchurch earthquakes and structural failure of the PGC, Forsyth Barr, CTV and Hotel Grand Chancellor buildings has recently drawn attention to the obligations imposed by the Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992 (HSE Act) in relation to earthquake-prone buildings.

Co-authors: Jane Holland, Susannah Maxfield.

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Employee privacy in the cloud age *

New Zealand - July 5 2012
Last month the Privacy Commissioner reprimanded an employer for using key stroke monitoring software to obtain an employee's password and access their personal email account: case note 229558 [2012] NZ PrivComr 4.

Co-authors: Anna Holland.

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