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When an accepted conditional job offer can create employment rights before the employee's first day, and the risks when an employer withdraws the offer after conditions are said to have failed.

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.

What employees should expect at MBIE employment mediation: the mediator's role, joint and private sessions, preparation, negotiation and how a settlement becomes binding.

Mere Broughton was dismissed by The Whanau Ora Community Clinic after 106 days of employment under an agreement containing a probation provision. The case concerned whether the employer could treat probation as permitting dismissal without the ordinary justification and fair-process requirements.

A consolidated guide to the Employment Relations Amendment Act 2026: commencement dates, changes to personal-grievance remedies and contribution, and the transitional question of which law applies to a particular dispute.

What the New Zealand Employment Court does, how a de novo challenge differs from an ERA investigation, key procedural stages and what parties should expect when preparing for a hearing.

The steps that commonly occur before and after an ERA application is filed, including raising the problem, mediation, statements of problem and reply, directions, evidence and preparation for the investigation meeting.

Employment-law lessons from misconduct at Christmas parties and other work functions, including alcohol, off-duty conduct, investigations and when discipline or dismissal may be justified.