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How a mediated Record of Settlement works under s 149, including signatures, remote execution, mediator certification, enforceability and the need to understand the terms before they become final.
Ahead of the 2026 election, Labour and Opportunity were asked to state their positions on the recent Employment Relations Act changes, including contribution, remedies and employee access to justice.
Top Produce and Bhatia raise a Full Court question about whether New Zealand's Wages Protection Act can reach an employment premium paid outside New Zealand before or in connection with employment here.
A record-based response to commentary about Joyce v Ultimate Siteworks, Menzies v Corrigan and employment advocates, separating what the judgments actually decided from disputed characterisations and matters that remain unresolved.
A critique of the Employers and Manufacturers Association case for new regulation of employment advocates, focusing on whether the publicly identified evidence demonstrates widespread advocate-specific consumer harm.
Employment Court procedural failures are sometimes attributed to non-lawyer advocates, but this article examines reported examples showing that competence and compliance problems can also arise with lawyers and represented parties.
An example of MBIE employment mediation incorporating tikanga and karakia in a way the participants experienced as constructive, while keeping the mediation focused on resolving the employment dispute.
When workplace suspension is justified, the consultation and contractual issues employers should consider, and how an unnecessary or unfair suspension can become a separate unjustified-disadvantage grievance.
