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A matter of interest where the Employment Court overturned an Employment Relations Authority determination was De Bruin v Canterbury District Health Board....

Finding out as much as relevant and possible about your preferred candidates before employing them is our recommended approach to recruitment. The 90 day s...

We are delighted that we have recently been approved as a Partner Advisor for the newly launched survey tool Askyourteam.com. This new tool which has been ...

With Mandy office fairly bound due to an injury (non-work by the way!) for the last few weeks it seems timely to write about the support available to help ...

In a recent ERA matter a construction labourer was dismissed by his employer after he failed a random drug test. He sought interim reinstatement. In the de...

This is something we HR professionals talk a lot about. To the point where sometimes you can see an employer’s eyes begin to glaze over when they hear the ...

The Transport and Industrial Relations Select Committee has released its recommendations on the proposed Employment Relations Amendment Bill. The Bill is p...

Recently the Employment Court has provided some helpful clarification as to what constitutes casual employment. In the case of Baker v St John Central Regi...

There are many different ways to engage an employee. They could be employed under casual, permanent or fixed term employment agreements and they may have s...

Soanes and Brown v Cardrona Adventure Park Limited, highlights why it is always important to be very clear about terms and conditions from the beginning of...

There seems to have been an extraordinary amount of activity in the Employment Relations Authority (ERA) and Employment Court of late.  A quick snapshot of...

Change is the law of life and those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future. (John F Kennedy) The New Year is often a time of c...

In the last article on this subject, I wrote about the importance of selecting the right raw materials in terms of core leadership competence and also orga...

When talking at leadership week, I used the analogy of gardening, to explain how to develop great leaders. Over two installments, I thought I would share a...

Are your employment agreement templates up to date? Do they support your business? We have recently reviewed some employment cases and noted an increasing ...

I recently heard from an employer who had a major contract up for renewal. There was a feeling of nervousness as the current contract had encountered some ...

Like that fish we talked about last time, a staff member not properly cared for once landed can soon go “off”.We need to talk about how to get your staff o...

Recruiting is a bit like fishing…the process is often costly, time consuming and sometimes fails to result in a fish for tea (or results in you hooking an ...