This subject will be of interest to many of our clients who operate in Fiji. Unionism has been repressed in Fiji since the coup in 2006 and for some time the ILO has been applying pressure on the Gove...
Read MoreThis and a number of other cases suggest a sea change has begun. For example, the National Labour Relations Board is considering whether it will define McDonalds as a joint employer of crew in its fr...
Read MoreA recent Authority decision in Kyra Hansen v Shooting Star Enterprises Ltd T/A Fusion Salon establishes some key points in respect of the above matters.
Read MoreDuty of Good Faith does not require collective agreement to be concluded There is no longer an obligation to conclude a collective agreement, nor is there any obligation to continue bargaining after a...
Read MoreThe Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992 was based on the employee/employer relationship. The Health and Safety at Work Act 2015 broadens this to include “workers” and “persons conducting a busine...
Read MoreThe Employment Standards Legislation Bill introduced to Parliament on 13 August 2015 promotes fairer and more productive workplaces by providing enhanced protections and benefits for both employers an...
Read MoreCurrently most shops are prohibited from trading on Christmas Day, Good Friday, Easter Sunday and ANZAC Day (until 1.00 pm on 25 April). However some businesses such as dairies, service stations, tak...
Read MoreEntitlement The former prescriptive approach to rest and meal breaks which was unworkable in many situations, is repealed. However, employees are entitled to rest and meal breaks that provide a reaso...
Read MoreThe Employment Court’s decision in Vice-Chancellor of Massey University v Wrigley [2010] NZEmpC 37 caused employers to be concerned about the information required to be provided to an employee in resp...
Read MoreObject The object of subpart 1 of the Act is to provide protection to specified categories of employees if as a result of restructuring, their work is to be performed by another person. The categories...
Read MoreThe Act extends the right to request flexible working arrangements to all employees, not just those with caring responsibilities as was previously the case. In this context “working arrangements” mean...
Read MoreThe Act has clarified a grey area concerning the lawfulness of trial periods for employees bound by a collective agreement. The amended s.67A(5) in essence provides that a trial period may be included...
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