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A practical guide to an Employment Relations Authority investigation: filing, case management, witness statements, evidence, the investigation meeting, remedies, costs and preparation.
When a genuine business restructure can still result in an unjustified redundancy dismissal because consultation, disclosure, selection, redeployment or the final decision was not fair and reasonable.
No Win No Fee employment advocacy means you usually do not pay professional fees upfront. Suitable employee cases are assessed on merit, evidence, likely recovery and whether the matter can be run commercially under the engagement terms.
How to prepare a concise opening statement for employment mediation that explains the chronology, the grievance, the legal position and the outcome sought without turning the opening into evidence-by-speech.
A step-by-step explanation of MBIE employment mediation from referral and preparation through opening positions, caucus negotiations, settlement drafting and what happens if no agreement is reached.
How a mediated Record of Settlement works under s 149, including signatures, remote execution, mediator certification, enforceability and the need to understand the terms before they become final.
A critique of the Employers and Manufacturers Association case for new regulation of employment advocates, focusing on whether the publicly identified evidence demonstrates widespread advocate-specific consumer harm.
A practical framework for distinguishing ordinary misconduct from serious misconduct after the 2026 remedy amendments, with emphasis on the contractual standard, the facts proved and proportionality.
