We represent employers and employees in employment disputes in New Zealand. All employees have rights under the Employment Relations Act 2000. This blog discusses common and relevant issues in New Zealand employment law.
There are important steps to be taken before filing in the Employment Relations Authority and attending an Investigation Meeting. The first stages can be fast tracked by filing an application without having first raised a personal grievance letter.
Employees beware: A restraint of trade provision in an employment agreement can be challenged, but if put into a settlement agreement the restraint of trade is enforceable.
The Employment Court upheld a determination of the Employment Relations Authority that an employer pay its former employee substantial compensation for hurt and humiliation in remedy of the redundancy having been found unjustifiable.
Employers beware of high employment lawyer fees when defending a personal grievance claim.
