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Four Applicants v A Respondent [2026] NZERA 407 - union activity discrimination, duress, and work-from-home disadvantage

Four Applicants v A Respondent [2026] NZERA 407 - union activity discrimination, duress, and work-from-home disadvantage

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Unjustified Disadvantage

Four salaried union members alleged that a senior manager pressured them over strike action and delegate activity and that striking staff were temporarily denied discretionary work-from-home access. The non-publication case tested discrimination and duress protections connected with lawful union activity.

Matched passage: Employee Unfair Dismissal Case Form Read the full ERA determination (embedded) If the embedded PDF does not load on your device, use the button below to open it in a new tab.
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Workplace Bullying

Workplace Bullying

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4 articles

Workplace bullying is repeated and unreasonable behaviour that can cause physical or psychological harm. Employees can document the conduct, use internal complaint processes and challenge an inadequate or retaliatory employer response where the legal tests are met.

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MBIE mediation opening statement: template and key points

MBIE mediation opening statement: template and key points

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Employment Mediation

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.

Matched passage: Mediation statement example Suddenly made redundant - an unjustifiable dismissal I would like to take this opportunity to give a brief introduction on my employment relationship with the company.
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Disciplinary Investigations for Employers NZ | Misconduct and Complaints

Disciplinary Investigations for Employers NZ | Misconduct and Complaints

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Employment Law Advice for Employers

Employer guide to disciplinary investigations: framing allegations, preserving evidence, interviewing witnesses, disclosure, representation and keeping the investigation separate from the final disciplinary decision.

Matched passage: ... factual findings, the decision-maker's reasoning, and evidence that alternatives to dismissal were considered where relevant. Related employer help pages These pages may also assist: Dismissal and disciplinary process for employers NZ - moving from investigation ...
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Covid-19 wage subsidy: employer obligations and wage protection risk

Covid-19 wage subsidy: employer obligations and wage protection risk

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Employment Law Advice for Employers Covid-19 Updates

How Covid-19 wage-subsidy arrangements interacted with wages, hours, leave and restructuring, and why subsidy support did not itself authorise employers to reduce contractual or statutory entitlements.

Matched passage: If an employee is not paid any wages while the employer receives the wage subsidy, the employee can bring a personal grievance for unjustified disadvantage and claim their wages in this way.
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Unfair Dismissal 21 Redundancy 38 Personal Grievance 17 Unjustified Disadvantage 84 90 Day Trial Period 26 Constructive Dismissal 33 Disciplinary Process 7 Workplace Bullying 4 Medical Incapacity 7 Employment Mediation 7

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Dismissal & Job Loss

Unfair Dismissal 21 Redundancy 38 Constructive Dismissal 33 90 Day Trial Period 26 Medical Incapacity 7

Employment Terms & Leave

Probationary Periods 6 Casual Employment 9 Holidays Act 11

Problems at Work

Personal Grievance 17 Unjustified Disadvantage 84 Disciplinary Process 7 Suspension from Work 9 Performance Management 5 Workplace Bullying 4

Getting Help

Employment Mediation 7 Employment Lawyers & Advocates 13 No Win No Fee 6

ERA & Employment Court

Employment Relations Authority 3 ERA & Court Costs 7 Employment Court 11

Cases, News & Commentary

Unfair Dismissal Cases 246 Employment Court Cases 17 Special Interest Cases 4 Employment Law News & Opinion 20 Covid-19 Updates 3