With the pandemic feeling more real than ever, many business owners are wondering what they can do to keep their employees and businesses safe. Getting vacci...
As we enter Level 4 lockdown again, the last thing your business needs is to be exposed to the risk of a personal grievance, so take a deep breath, refresh y...
For advice on how to avoid penalties and minimise delays in getting the workers you need, read on. Immigration New Zealand (INZ) are making some major change...
In July this year, Parliament unanimously agreed to changes to the Equal Pay Act 1972, which come into force today, 6 November 2020. The changes are designed...
Now that the dust has settled after the recent election, what does the Labour parliamentary majority mean for the employment law landscape? Unsurprisingly, L...
The most common type of “triangular employment” is when a labour hire or recruitment company arranges for their employees to do work for a third party “clien...
Wakefields Lawyers understands the challenges that come with running your own business, particularly when you get busy enough to start thinking about taking ...
We’ve been helping a number of employee clients recently, with a worrying theme running through many of their claims that their employer simply didn’t know w...
The first wave of redundancies is well and truly here and it’s not pretty. We’ve been conducting free consultations in these last few weeks, some of which ha...
With the recent publication of the External Independent Review, ‘Bullying and Harassment in the New Zealand Parliamentary Workplace’ and the ongoing coverage...
