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Employment law changes take shape

  • Buddle Findlay
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  • New Zealand
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  • May 7 2013

The much anticipated Bill amending the Employment Relations Act 2000 (Act) was introduced into Parliament on 26 April 2013. The Bill's machinery

Ambitious prescription from health and safety taskforce

  • Chapman Tripp
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  • New Zealand
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  • May 2 2013

A new Act, a new regulator, new standards, new penalties, new duty holders, and new systems - the Independent Taskforce on Workplace Health and

A legal oddity in the Employment Relations Amendment Bill

  • Chapman Tripp
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  • New Zealand
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  • May 1 2013

The Employment Relations Amendment Bill, introduced last week, contains a legal oddity that sits outside the normal constructs of Commercial Law and

Government proposes to speed up Authority determinations

  • Bell Gully
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  • New Zealand
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  • April 30 2013

An Employment Relations Amendment Bill was introduced in Parliament on Friday. The Bill is intended to improve fairness and flexibility in

Business decisions now under the spotlight in redundancies

  • Buddle Findlay
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  • New Zealand
  • -
  • April 23 2013

In another significant change to redundancy law, last month the Employment Court ruled that it can scrutinise an employer's decision to make an

Redundancy - court clarifies justification test

  • Chapman Tripp
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  • New Zealand
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  • April 22 2013

Judges are not entitled to substitute their decision for yours in terms of how your business should be run or restructured, but - if you make someone

Redundancy cases revisited

  • Simpson Grierson
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  • New Zealand
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  • April 19 2013

In the recent Employment Court decision of Totara Hills Farm v Davidson, the farm manager, Mr Davidson was made redundant after the employer decided

Employer provided car parks - where to from here?

  • Russell McVeagh
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  • New Zealand
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  • April 18 2013

Many employers will be aware of the recent publicity around employer provided car parks and the withdrawal of the Government's proposal to tax a

Dismissal for criminal conviction justified

  • Bell Gully
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  • New Zealand
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  • April 10 2013

The Employment Relations Authority recently determined in the case of Hallwright v Forsyth Barr Ltd (March, 2013) that the dismissal of Guy

Changes to New Zealand's workplace health and saftey regime

  • Buddle Findlay
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  • New Zealand
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  • April 2 2013

New Zealand is currently undergoing the most significant review of its health and safety regime for 20 years. New Zealand workplace injury rates are