The Court of Appeal finds Uber drivers are employees
Uber drivers classified as employees: Court of Appeal dismisses Uber’s appeal The Court of Appeal has dismissed Uber’s appeal and upheld the 2022 Employment Court decision that four Uber drivers…
Return of the trial period – common pitfalls and lessons learned
Return of the trial period – common pitfalls and lessons learned Since trial periods were reintroduced to the employers’ toolkit in December 2023, we have noticed a wide spectrum of…
Failing to comply with minimum employment standards costly for employer
A recent Employment Relations Authority (ERA) hearing has found that a Dunedin bakery owner failed to pay its three employees correct wages, sick leave and holiday pay. The workers employed…
Parental leave payments to increase from 1 July
From today, eligible employees will receive an increase in the maximum weekly payment from $621.76 to $661.12 per week gross. The 6.33% increase is in line with the rise in…
New rules for whistleblowers from 1 July
Significant changes are being made in New Zealand workplaces to better protect whistleblowers. The Protected Disclosures (Protection of Whistleblowers) Act 2022 is set to replace the Protected Disclosures Act 2000…
Gloriavale employment court decision raises the question, who is an employee?
This week the Employment Court handed down a landmark decision relating to three former members of the Gloriavale Christian community. While this case might seem extreme or unusual it is…
Ghosting – the weird dating phenomenon hits the business world
As a 45 year old male, happily married with two children, I was unfamiliar with the concept of ghosting until recently. My middle-aged mind had logically assumed it was some…
Income insurance scheme proposed to protect workers and benefit business
The government is consulting on the proposed New Zealand Income Insurance Scheme. The scheme would see workers who are made redundant or who have to stop working because of a…
Employee isolation – Employer obligations updated
With New Zealand now in the Covid-19 traffic light system, employers want certainty in relation to leave entitlements and payments for employees that must isolate. To understand what entitlements employees…
Employee isolation – Employer obligations explained
With New Zealand now in the Covid-19 traffic light system, employers want certainty in relation to leave entitlements and payments for employees that must isolate. To understand what entitlements employees…