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Review of the NZLS-commissioned regulatory report and whether it provides an evidential basis for licensing or otherwise regulating non-lawyer employment advocates.

Joyce v Ultimate Siteworks concerned costs after a substantive Employment Court matter and four interlocutory disputes, including an unsuccessful sanctions application and a withdrawn request understood by the Court as contempt-like. The judgment also addressed allegations about whether representative conduct had increased the other side's costs.

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.

Unless orders are a last-chance procedural device used when a party has failed to comply with directions. This guide explains what they require and what can happen if the deadline is missed.

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.

A historical guide to the Covid-19 vaccination employment framework, including paid vaccination time, notice provisions and the process issues that arose when vaccination requirements affected employment.

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