Guides

Restructuring can be a difficult decision for management to make. Sometimes, it’s the only way to continue successfully operating a business, and yet the process can feel complicated and time-consuming. This free guide helps you to plan and execute your restructure, with detailed information about the key steps, legal issues and common pitfalls you should avoid.

Constructive dismissal is one of the most misunderstood concepts in employment law – it is often used mistakenly to describe situations where an employee resigns under difficult circumstances or pressure in the workplace. The aim of this guide is to help both employers and employees better understand the legal concept of constructive dismissal in order to make better strategic decisions.

Restructuring can be a difficult decision for management to make. Sometimes, it’s the only way to continue successfully operating a business, and yet the process can feel complicated and time-consuming. This free checklist is a shorter guide that can be used as a reference during your restructure.

An employment relationship is built on trust and confidence. When an employer undermines this trust and confidence through lack of action or ineffective action, employees are entitled to legal relief. This guide addresses how an employer should respond when an employee has raised a personal grievance claim with them. This guide addresses how an employer should respond when an employee has raised a personal grievance claim with them.

The Health and Safety at Work Act 2015 marked a fundamental shift in New Zealand’s approach to workplace health and safety. As a result of the Act, the focus has shifted from managing incidents to proactively identifying and managing risks. This guide runs through the key steps employers should take once they become aware that bullying is happening in the workplace.

For both employers and employees, New Zealand’s lockdown was an enforced period of flexible working. Post-lockdown, while some employees are happy to return to their regular hours and place of work, others would prefer to continue to work from home or enter into some other form of flexible working. This free checklist is a guide that can be used as a reference when requesting for flexible working.

Workplace bullying is a problem in New Zealand. The effects of bullying are far-reaching, impacting employee’s physical and mental health, and negatively impacting the culture of an organisation. This free checklist is a guide that can be used as a reference when requesting for flexible working.