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September 2022

Private Member’s Bill Aims to Limit Restraints of Trade Expand article

Helen White’s Employment Relations (Restraint of Trade) Amendment Bill was drawn from the ballot box on 22 September and is awaiting its first reading. If passed in its current form the Bill would sev...

Vaccination Policy and Force Majeure Provisions Expand article

Now that the traffic light system has been removed and other changes implemented, questions arise as to whether an employer can maintain a policy requiring staff to be fully vaccinated, wear masks, or...

Employees unlawfully required to take annual holidays during Lockdown Expand article

In E Tū Incorporated v Carter Holt Harvey LVL Limited [[2022] NZEmpC 141; 15/08/22; Holden J] the Court found that CHH unlawfully required employees to take annual holidays during the 2020 lockdown.

Heat of the moment resignations don’t require cooling off period. Expand article

The long-held view that an employer should not rely on a ‘heat of the moment’ resignation but allow the employee the opportunity to ‘cool off’ and reconsider their position, has been over-turned by a ...