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How prize draws, discounts or other incentives for Google reviews can create problems under Google's review policies and New Zealand consumer law, especially where incentives are hidden or tied to positive sentiment.

The debate over whether non-lawyer employment advocates should be allowed to represent parties in the Employment Court, with a focus on access to justice, existing court powers and the evidence said to support exclusion.

Why a restraint of trade recorded in a negotiated settlement can be harder to attack than a restraint imposed in the original employment agreement, particularly once the settlement is certified under s 149.

The ERA costs practice note explained: the $4,500 first-day and $3,500 subsequent-day tariff, when adjustments are made, and how conduct and settlement offers can affect the final award.

A guide to the employment-law disputes created by workplace Covid-19 vaccination requirements, including dismissal, disadvantage, consultation, alternatives and minimum-entitlement issues.

ERA costs usually start from a daily tariff, but successful employees can seek an uplift where the employer's conduct unnecessarily increased the work, hearing time or expense of the proceeding.

A plain-English map of the agencies and institutions people often mean when they search for the old 'Labour Department': Employment New Zealand, MBIE mediation, Labour Inspectorate functions and the ERA.

How an unfair or involuntary dismissal can affect a WINZ stand-down and why evidence of a personal grievance may be relevant when asking MSD to reconsider a non-entitlement period.