FindLaw New Zealand : Employment Issues

• Hiring & Firing
• Employment Relations Act
• Employee Benefits
   
• Discrimination

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Practical Articles

• When is Union Access Reasonable?
  Firm: KPMG Legal
  Date: July, 2002
• Casual Employees
  Firm: KPMG Legal
  Date: July, 2002
• Proposed Changes To The Health And Safety In Employment Act 1992
  Firm: Gibson Sheat
  Date: July, 2002
• The Power of the Written Word
  Firm: Bell Gully
  Date: July, 2002
• Court Of Appeal Rules on Stress
  Firm: Minter Ellison Rudd Watts
  Date: July, 2002
• Making an Employee an Offer She Can't Refuse
  Firm: Bell Gully
  Date: June, 2002
• We Have Ignition (Do You Have Any Papers?)
  Firm: Bell Gully
  Date: June, 2002
• Paid Parental Leave
  Firm: Arthur Watson Savage
  Date: June, 2002
• Holidays Act Update
  Firm: KPMG Legal
  Date: June, 2002
• Fixed Terms? Recent ERA Case Provides Guidance
  Firm: KPMG Legal
  Date: June, 2002
• Employers Suing Employees – Fact or Fiction?
  Firm: KPMG Legal
  Date: June, 2002
• Government Set to Change Law to Protect Employees in Sale or Transfer of Business or Contracting Out of Work
  Firm: Phillips Fox
  Date: May, 2002
• Work-related Stress a Major Factor in Bank Employee's Suicide
  Firm: Phillips Fox
  Date: May, 2002
• Stressed Out
  Firm: Cullen the Employment Law Firm
  Date: May, 2002
• Biting the hand that bites: prosecuting the prosecutors?
  Firm: Bell Gully
  Date: May, 2002
• Bottom-Biting and Reverse-Engineering
  Firm: Bell Gully
  Date: May, 2002
• Even more fun than Temptation Island
  Firm: Bell Gully
  Date: May, 2002
• I could be so good for you
  Firm: Bell Gully
  Date: May, 2002
• I'll have another beer...and what are you doing after work?
  Firm: Bell Gully
  Date: May, 2002
• Psst ! - heard the latest?
  Firm: Bell Gully
  Date: May, 2002
• Stretching Stress
  Firm: Bell Gully
  Date: May, 2002
• Transfers of Holiday Pay on Business Sale
  Firm: KPMG Legal
  Date: May, 2002
• Can Employees Sue for Personal Injury Under their Employment Agreements?
  Firm: Phillips Fox
  Date: April, 2002
• Update on Changes to Employment Legislation
  Firm: Phillips Fox
  Date: April, 2002
• Drugs & Alcohol in the Workplace - Striking a Careful Balance
  Firm: Russell McVeagh
  Date: March, 2002
• Unjustified Dismissal - Court of Appeal Upholds Landmark Employment Court Decision
  Firm: Phillips Fox
  Date: March, 2002
• The Employee/Independent Contractor Distinction
  Firm: Clendon Feeney
  Date: March, 2002
• Court of Appeal bags Employment Court ruling
  Firm: Phillips Fox
  Date: February, 2002
• Employees Or Contractors - What Does The New Law Say?
  Firm: Gibson Sheat
  Date: January, 2002
• Paid Parental Leave - Potential Savings for Some Employers?
  Firm: Phillips Fox
  Date: December, 2001
• Early retirement incentives - a strategy for dealing with an ageing workforce?
  Firm: Phillips Fox
  Date: December, 2001
• The employer's obligation to address work place stress
  Firm: Phillips Fox
  Date: December, 2001
• Back to the future: Employment Relations Authority to set redundancy compensation again
  Firm: Phillips Fox
  Date: December, 2001
• Employment relationships and employment relationship problems
  Firm: Phillips Fox
  Date: December, 2001
• New law for businesses contracting out, selling or transferring ownership
  Firm: Phillips Fox
  Date: December, 2001
• Paid Parental Leave
  Firm: Phillips Fox
  Date: December, 2001
• The Employment Relations Act - the first nine months
  Firm: Phillips Fox
  Date: December, 2001
• Whistle-Blowers At Work
  Firm: Anderson Lloyd Caudwell
  Date: August, 2001
• Collective Agreements
  Firm: Harkness Henry & Co
  Date: July, 2001
• Does The Employment Relations Act Apply?
  Firm: Gascoigne Wicks
  Date: July, 2001
• Individual Employment Agreements
  Firm: Wynn Williams & Co
  Date: July, 2001
• Penalties
  Firm: Webster Malcolm & Kilpatrick
  Date: July, 2001
• Strikes and Lockouts
  Firm: Hesketh Henry
  Date: July, 2001
• Transitional Provisions
  Firm: Anderson Lloyd Caudwell
  Date: July, 2001
• Union Access To The Workplace
  Firm: Gibson Sheat
  Date: July, 2001
• Stop - Where Are Office Drinks Taking You?
  Firm: Minter Ellison Rudd Watts
  Date: June, 2001
• Court Cases Raise Stress Levels For Employers
  Firm: Bell Gully
  Date: March, 2001

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Links & Resources

• ACC - Healthwise - Information for health providers and insurers about Healthcare Contracts
• Accident Compensation Corporation - NZ's Accident Compensation Scheme
• Bizinfo - Business information services providing information about assistance available to businesses
• Career Services - Career Services, a Crown Entity operating commercially in the New Zealand marketplace, offering career advice and placement.
• Department of Labour - The Department which delivers services and policy advice linked to the development and integration of human capability
• Employment Relations Service - Web site of the Department of Labour's Employment Relations Service
• Employment Relations Service - Publications. - Check out booklets and pamphlets including the "Hiring new employees in the Employment Relations Act Environment - A guide for employers: Where to start, pitfalls to avoid, practical examples." The booklet provides advice on a range of issues employers may face during the hiring process, including information on good faith and the requirements when hiring casual staff.
• Employment Today - Web site of employment today magazine - offering in-depth coverage on human resources and employment law including: employment law issues, management, tax, ACC, health and safety, remuneration, industrial relations, training and more...
• Equal Employment Opportunity Trust - The EEO Trust helps employers adapt to and embrace the diversity of the workforce through the use of EEO principles and best practice
• Injury Prevention, Rehabilitation, and Compensation Act 2001 - The Injury Prevention, Rehabilitation, and Compensation Act 2001 comes into force on 1 April 2002, replacing the Accident Insurance Act 1998. For a limited time, Brookers is making a copy of the Injury Prevention, Rehabilitation, and Compensation Act 2001 and its regulations available FREE of charge.
• New Zealand Employers Federation Inc - Web site of the NZ Employers Federation Inc. - professional representative of businesses and national trade bodies
• New Zealand Occupational Safety and Health Service - Web site of the Occupational Safety and Health service of Department of Labour, NZ
• The Discussion Paper on the Review of the Health and Safety in Employment Act (1992). - Summary of submissions to the Discussion Paper on the HSE Act Review
• Work and Income New Zealand - Information about finding work, getting income support or employing job seekers and about the Department's role and activities.