Employment Law

Are you going to My MSD Login for a WINZ benefit? The WINZ 13 week non-entitlement stand down can be waived if you have been dismissed unfairly.

Employee IRD Records for unfair dismissal case. myIR Account Login is required to obtain IRD records for quantifying unfair dismissl claims.

Employers are often shocked that even when they win in the Employment Relations Authority (ERA), recovering actual legal spend from an employee is usually limited. The starting point is the ERA daily tariff and costs are a contribution, not an indemnity.

National has a Small Business Policy and JobStart scheme aim to get rid of No Win No Fee Employment Law in addition to National's other proposed changes. We present our view on this.

The New Zealand employment law scene still suffers with its unlicenced employment investigators. Many untrained workplace investigators who front themselves primarily as Human Resources consultants are holding themselves out as being investigator to the employer in employment investigations where they receive valuable consideration for doing so. A recent Private Security Personnel Licensing Authority (PSPLA) decision has confirmed the restriction on this practice where the investigator does not hold a licence.

No win no fee can improve access to justice when used properly. The answer to risks in fee agreements is clear wording, informed consent, and existing consequences for misconduct, not new advocate regulation.

The Employment Court left the ERA's unjustified redundancy dismissal findings undisturbed but held the Authority erred by rejecting separate unjustified disadvantage grievances. It also substantially reassessed lost remuneration and compensation, awarding six months' lost wages to Mr Faitala, 12 months to Mrs Vea, and compensation of $30,000 and $45,000 respectively.

The Employment Court, on a de novo challenge, again granted interim reinstatement to LGY pending the substantive dismissal grievance. The Court treated the employer's additional allegations as untested and unpersuasive and held the balance of convenience and overall justice favoured reinstatement.