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The Government committed to introducing statutory support and legal rights for dependent contractors who are effectively workers under the control of an employer but who do not receive the legal prote...

This amounts to some level of re-establishment of the old award system – by stealth over time, if not immediately.  The spectre of demarcation disputes is there, with the group charged with “determini...

For some time the concept of triangular employment has been an issue.  In the recent case of Prasad v LSG Skychefs [2017] NZEmpC 150, to which the current legislation applied, the Court found the empl...

Most of the proposed changes simply roll back changes made by the National Government in 2015. Some of the changes apply from the day after the date of Royal Assent and so will be in force before the ...

Most of the proposed changes simply roll back changes made by the National Government in 2013 (secret ballots for strikes) and 2015. Some of the changes apply from the day after the date of Royal Asse...

The signalled increases in the Minimum Wage are significant at around 7% per annum for the next 3 years.  The Pay Equity settlement for aged care workers set a trend with increases of over 20%. Follow...

This amounts to re-establishment of the old award system – by stealth over time, if not immediately.  The spectre of demarcation disputes is there, with the group charged with “determining the scope o...

It is hard to see what the fuss is all about.  In Australia, a 12 month qualifying period applies for small employers (those with <15 employees) with a six month qualifying period for large employers....

The key benefits to you will be: An independent investigation of the issue concerned, free from in-house politics and bias, Sound judgment in forming the recommendations, A comprehensive written repor...

This issue was recently addressed in the Employment Court in Lyttelton Port Company Ltd v Chris Arthurs [2018] NZEmpC 9. Briefly, the facts that gave rise to the case were that Mr Arthurs was a cargo ...

By way of a brief background of facts, Smiths’ City had been holding pre-work meetings (approximately 15 minutes long), prior to store opening hours.  The purpose of the meetings was work related, i.e...