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Employer-side help for personal grievances, disciplinary problems, redundancy, mediation and ERA claims, with an emphasis on fixing process risks early and preserving evidence before positions harden.

Urgent employer guidance for situations where dismissal or suspension is being considered and an immediate decision could create a personal grievance or destroy useful evidence.

Employer redundancy guidance covering genuine business reasons, proposal documents, disclosure, consultation, selection criteria, redeployment and the personal-grievance risks of a predetermined process.

Employer checklist for using a 90-day trial period: drafting the clause, signing before work starts, calculating the period, giving termination notice and avoiding defects that can revive a personal grievance.

Why no-win-no-fee representation is rarely available to employers defending a personal grievance, and the alternative ways an employer can control legal or advocacy spend.

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.

Menzies v Corrigan concerned an ERA compliance order that required a company director personally to take steps to fund a liquidated employer so grievance remedies could be paid. The challenge raised questions about s 137(2), separate corporate personality and the reach of compliance jurisdiction.

Two resignation-letter approaches are explained: an ordinary amicable resignation and a resignation that records the employer conduct relied on for a possible constructive-dismissal grievance.