An employer has an obligation to protect workers against a risk of harm if it is foreseeable, and to take proportionate steps considering that foreseeable risk. This recent case in the Employment Relations Authority is a timely reminder of an employer’s duty to provide a safe workplace (i.e. take all […]
Anecdotally, there’s concern that there may be a rise in fraudulent conduct by employees. With the increased cost of living, people are struggling to make ends meet. With the changes to the ways people are working, this can mean previously used checks and balances may no longer be in place […]
If there have been any silver linings to the COVID-19 pandemic, it’s that office workers have embraced flexible working, working from home, and working in pyjama bottoms and blazers! Employers who had previously been reluctant to allow workers to work from home or flexibly have had to reconsider to ensure […]
From time to time during an employment relationship, issues may arise that an employer needs to better understand. Employment relationships in New Zealand are underpinned by the mutual requirement for the employer and employee to act in good faith. What does that mean? It means that both parties are required […]
There’s no doubt that the past couple of years have been tough and required us to find new ways to make things work – including what has for a long time been for many the elusive goal of ‘work-life’ balance. Throw managing health (both physical and mental), home-schooling, working, managing […]
