Date: 12 Sep 2013, Filed under: Employment Law, Employment Relationship Problems, Employment Agreements, Personal Grievances, Redundancy
Normally, holiday pay can only be paid to an employee in New Zealand if they take annual leave, cash in annual leave (a maximum of one week per year may...
Date: 12 Aug 2013, Filed under: Workplace Injuries, Employment Law, Employment Relationship Problems, Employment Agreements, Personal Grievances, Redundancy, Mediation, Privacy
At the last election, the Government committed to making changes to employment law. Its proposals were published in June 2013, in the form of the Employment...
Date: 11 Jun 2013, Filed under: Employment Law, Employment Relationship Problems, Employment Agreements, Personal Grievances, Redundancy, Mediation
Under New Zealand employment law, there is a 90-day time limit within which an employee can raise or submit a personal grievance if they wish to pursue...
Date: 05 Jun 2013, Filed under: Employment Law, Employment Relationship Problems, Employment Agreements, Personal Grievances, Redundancy, Mediation
In New Zealand, an employee can raise a personal grievance if they believe their employer has acted unfairly or unreasonably towards them. The right to...
Date: 17 Jan 2013, Filed under: Employment Law, Employment Relationship Problems, Employment Agreements, Personal Grievances, Redundancy, Mediation
At some point in their working life, an employee may find themselves dismissed for one reason or another, eg redundancy, poor performance, medical incapacity,...
Date: 10 Jan 2013, Filed under: Employment Law, Employment Relationship Problems, Personal Grievances, Redundancy
A recent Employment Court case has shed some light on an employer’s duty to redeploy an employee to a vacant role as an alternative to making him or her...
Date: 18 Sep 2012, Filed under: Employment Law, Employment Relationship Problems, Employment Agreements, Personal Grievances, Redundancy, Privacy
Providing employee references: issues for employers
Date: 26 Jun 2012, Filed under: Employment Law, Employment Relationship Problems, Employment Agreements, Personal Grievances, Redundancy
What is the difference between a casual and a permanent employee? What rights or protection do you have by law?
Date: 26 Aug 2011, Filed under: Employment Law, Redundancy
Redundancy is generally considered to be a situation where an employee’s position is surplus to the employer’s commercial needs.
Date: 23 Aug 2011, Filed under: Employment Law, Employment Relationship Problems, Personal Grievances, Redundancy
An employee may be dismissed for a variety of reasons, the most common of which are poor performance, misconduct, and redundancy.
