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Received a Personal Grievance from an Employee?

What an employer should do after receiving a personal grievance: do not concede or retaliate, preserve records, identify the legal claims and deadlines, and assess whether mediation or a defended response is appropriate.

Matched passage: The employer should think about finality, confidentiality, non-disparagement, tax treatment, return of property, reference wording, payment timing, contribution to costs, and whether the agreement should be signed under section 149 of the Employment Relations Act 2000.
Responding to a Personal Grievance NZ | Employer Help and Strategy

A first-response framework for New Zealand employers who receive a personal grievance: preserve evidence, identify the allegations, assess procedural and substantive risk, and choose a mediation or defence strategy.

Matched passage: Unlike "no win, no fee" which is often available for the employee, the employer has to pay no matter what, whether they pay the employee to go away and pay their own costs in defending it, this can include cases that have no merit at all.
Employment lawyer fees: avoiding unreasonable costs when defending a personal grievance

Employer-side guidance on controlling representation costs in a personal-grievance defence and understanding the gap between a lawyer's invoice and the costs normally recoverable in the ERA.

Matched passage: If you have received an ERA claim or you are trying to settle a matter without paying more than you should, we can help you evaluate risk, costs exposure, and strategy.
Workplace investigations and licensing (PSPLA): when investigators need a licence (NZ)

When a workplace investigation may fall within the Private Security Personnel and Private Investigators Act, and why the investigator's role, activities and licensing status should be checked before evidence is gathered.

Matched passage: ... so will be accountable to this Act. Simply, an external Human Resource consultant receiving payment for having involvement in a disciplinary meeting, although not framed "investigation", where they ask the complainant or respondent questions and report and discuss conclusions ...
Personal Grievance (PG)
17 articles

A Personal Grievance (PG) is the main process employees use to challenge unjustified dismissal, unjustified disadvantage and other unlawful treatment at work. Time limits are strict and how the grievance is first raised can matter.

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Constructive Dismissal
33 articles

A constructive dismissal is a resignation where an employee finds no choice but to resign. If a constructive dismissal occurs, the employee can later bring a personal grievance for unjustified dismissal.

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