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2018
- #285 - A Step Back in Time - Download
- #284 - A Win and a Loss for Trial Periods - Download
- #283 - Bullying . . . claims and issues - Download
- #282 - Domestic Violence Victims Legislation - Download
- #281 - Poor Performance or Misconduct? - Download
- #280 - Health & Safety at Work Act 2015 - Part 2 Officers and Penalties - Download
- #279 - Health & Safety at Work Act 2015 - Part 1 Definitions - Download
- #278 - The Law has teeth - Download
- #277 - Fixing Fights - Download
- #276 - 90 Days Notice - Download
- #275 - Proposed Changes to Employment Laws: Back to a few years ago - Download
- #274 - Go directly to jail. Do not pass Go. - Download
2017
- #273 - When Temps become Employees - Download
- #272 - On-Call Work - Download
- #271 - Sacked Before Starting - Download
- #270 - Trial Periods on Trial - Again! - Download
- #269 - Are you available? - Download
- #268 - Surprise Search Order - Download
- #267 - Skirting Around Suppression - Download
- #266 - Not So Settled - Download
- #265 - Sequel to the Final Straw - Download
- #264 - Recalculating Penalties - Download
- #263 - Zero Hours Contracts/Payment for Rest Breaks - Download
- #262 - Frustrated? Probably Not - Download
2016
- #261 - The Final Straw - Download
- #260 - Conflicting Interests - Download
- #259 - Employment Court's Expectations Too Stringent - Download
- #258 - More Trouble with Trial Periods/Transgender 'Transition' - Download
- #257 - 90 Day Trial Periods; a disadvantage - Download
- #256 - Minor Matter - Major Consequences . . . a case of insubordination - Download
- #255 - Parental Leave Changes - Download
- #254 - Zero Hours Contracts - Download
- #253 - New Employment Standards - Harsh Penalties for Transgressors - Download
- #252 - Criminal Conduct Outside the Workplace - Download
- #251 - A Vexing Question - Download
- #250 - More on Tripartite or Triangular Arrangements - Download
2015
- #249 - Out of Time but in with a Chance - Download
- #248 - Driving Everyone Crazy - Download
- #247 - The Employment Standards Legislation Bill - Download
- #246 - An Employment Standards Failure - Download
- #245 - Failure of a Forfeiture Clause - Download
- #244 - Righting a Wrong - Download
- #243 - The Author of his own Misfortune - Download
- #242 - Pile up at Melling Station - Download
- #241 - Investigations and Conclusions - Download
- #240 - Fixed Term Agreements - 20 Years On - Download
- #239 - Wrong on All Counts - Download
- #238 - Long time No See - Download
2014
- #237 - Volunteers - Download
- #236 - A Touching Story - Download
- #235 - The Punch - Retaliatory or Instinctive? - Download
- #234 - Motor Camp Misgivings (Another Sleepover Case) - Download
- #233 - Just a small theft - Download
- #232 - The Truth about Lies - Download
- #231 - Salaries and Averaging Under the Minimum Wage Act/Paid Parental Leave Increases - Download
- #230 - Concealed Convictions Cost an Employer - Download
- #229 - Balking at Bonds - Download
- #228 - Testing Drug & Alcohol Policies - Download
- #227 - When family and business collide - Download
- #226 - Facebook Fiasco - Download
2013
- #225 - Road Rage Revisited - Download
- #224 - The Third Party Effect - Download
- #223 - Redundancy Selection/Work Trials - Download
- #222 - Equal Pay for Similar Work - Download
- #221 - Talking Off The Record - Download
- #220 - Redundancy Rationale Revisited - Download
- #219 - Zip it Sweetie!/Proposed Changes to Employment Relations Act - Download
- #218 - The Perils of Passing On - Download
- #217 - Conduct Outside of Workplace/Work Trials - Download
- #216 - The 'Pre-employment Test' or Work Trial - Download
- #215 - Multiple Cause Dismissals; Resignations; Non Attendance by One Party; Procedural Issues Reconsidered - Download
- #214 - Tis the Season to be Jolly - Download
2012
- #213 - Drug Policies Strictly Applied - Download
- #212 - A Brawl, A Breach and a Threat! - Download
- #211 - Personal Grievance Claim Not Raised Correctly - Download
- #210 - Court Reinstates Abusive Employee - Download
- #209 - S103A; A Serious Slapping - Download
- #208 - Applying the "could" instead of the "would" - Download
- #207 - Personal Grievance Backfires - Employer Awarded Damages - Download
- #206 - Fixed Term Agreements: Projects & Events - Download
- #205 - Theft of Trust and Confidence - Download
- #204 - Outside of Working Hours - Download
- #203 - Court of Appeal Rejects Sexual Harassment Appeal - Download
- #202 - More 90 Day Trial Period Woes - Download
2011
- #201 - Casual or Fixed Term? - Download
- #200 - When Casual Agreements Mutate - Download
- #199 - A Disadvantageous Resignation - Download
- #198 - A Tangled Web of Deceit - Download
- #197 - Supreme Court Wraps Up Open Country Cheese Saga - Download
- #196 - A Hopeless Case - Download
- #195 - When Good Employees go Bad – Theft in the Workplace - Download
- #194 - What takes a lifetime to build, but only seconds for an employee to destroy? - Download
- #193 - The Worse for Drink - Download
- #192 - Earthquake Update - Download
- #191 - Case Law: Employee Negligence & Unjustified Dismissal - Download
- #190 - Refusal to Undergo a Drug Test - Download
2010
- #189 - Legislative Changes - Download
- #188 - 90,000 Win for Head Chef - Download
- #187 - Trial Period Case - Employment Court Decision - Download
- #186 - Suspension and Summary Dismissal in Absence of Express Provisions - Download
- #185 - Employment Legislation Overhaul - Download
- #184 - The High Cost of Getting it Wrong - Download
- #183 - Replacing Striking Workers with Contractors - Download
- #182 - Scrutinizing Conduct Outside the Workplace - Download
- #181 - Damages Awarded for Poor Workmanship - Download
- #180 - Employee Protection Provisions Revisited - Download
- #179 - Holidays Act 2003 – Recommendations for Change - Download
- #178 - Not an Employee, so no PG - Download
2009
- #177 - Plunket Kerplunksy - Download
- #176 - Court requests good faith report from Authority - Download
- #175 - Significant award for discrimination on the grounds of disability - Download
- #174 - Good faith obligations to be “responsive and communicative” a two way street - Request Issue
- #173 - Sleepovers and the minimum wage issue – The next instalment - Request Issue
- #172 - Avoiding pandemic pandemonium - Request Issue
- #171 - Employment Court jurisdiction to make search orders confirmed - Request Issue
- #170 - Employment agreement found to be frustrated - Request Issue
- #169 - Redundancy - is the position genuinely superfluous? - Request Issue
- #168 - NDU's unlawful preference claim against Farmers fails - Request Issue
- #167 - Tramways decision reheard in the Employment Court - Request Issue
- #166 - A shift to shifts ruled - Request Issue
2008
- #165 - Change Management in times of change - Request Issue
- #164 - Dismissal Without Process Still Justified - Request Issue
- #163 - Sleepovers – Work time or sleep time? - Request Issue
- #162 - Employee Protection Clause enforced by Authority - Request Issue
- #161 - Parental Leave Procedures - Request Issue
- #160 - Protections for Casual and Temporary Workers - Request Issue
- #159 - Can an employer consult with an employee on sick leave? - Request Issue
- #158 - Does your internet policy cover use of social networking sites? - Request Issue
- #157 - Legislative Changes Afoot - Request Issue
- #156 - How much is too much sick leave? - Request Issue
- #155 - Kiwisaver compulsory employer contributions and total remuneration - Request Issue
- #154 - 2007 - The Year in review - Request Issue
2007
- #153 - Shock Supreme Court decision on transferred public holidays - Request Issue
- #152 - Authority at odds over increase in annual leave - Request Issue
- #151 - The employee's right to input on penalty - Request Issue
- #150 - Union Visits to the Workplace - Request Issue
- #149 - Who can do the work of striking employees? - Request Issue
- #148 - Giving Consideration to Restraints - Request Issue
- #147 - The Subway or the Highway - Serious Misconduct Revisited - Request Issue
- #146 - NDU vs GDL- the first interpretation of the 'passing on' provisions of the ERA - Request Issue
- #145 - Communications Between Employers and Union/Employees During Bargaining - Request Issue
- #144 - Redundancy Refresher - Request Issue
- #143 - Individual Employment Agreements: Back To Basics - Request Issue
- #142 - The Holidays Act 2003 - 3 to 4 weeks or 4 to 5 weeks annual leave? - Request Issue
2006
- #141 - When T1½ rates for work on a public holiday don't apply - Request Issue
- #140 - Deductions from or Withholding of Wages - Request Issue
- #139 - Progressive Dispute . . . what was it all about? - Request Issue
- #138 - Discrimination in Employment - a refresher - Request Issue
- #137 - Stopwork Meetings: who decides when? - Request Issue
- #136 - Could've, should've, would've . . . - Request Issue
- #135 - Clarity about Disparity - Request Issue
- #134 - Save the Kiwi . . . - Request Issue
- #133 - Probation with No Recourse - Bill to Select Committee - Request Issue
- #132 - Managing Bullying in the Workplace - Request Issue
- #131 - Interim Reinstatement – Not Just a 'Yes' or 'No' - Request Issue
- #130 - Holiday blues — What are Employees entitled to! - Request Issue
2005
- #129 - "Life Imitating Art" - Drama at TVNZ - Request Issue
- #128 - Speak No Evil, Hear No Evil - Request Issue
- #127 - Failing to protect protected employees - Request Issue
- #126 - Employment Relations Policies - Request Issue
- #125 - Work Stress Costs - Request Issue
- #124 - The Supreme Law of the Rings - Epilogue on Contractors - Request Issue
- #123 - Employment Relations (Flexible Working Hours) Amendment Bill 2005 - Request Issue
- #122 - Serious Misconduct - an overview of the law - Request Issue
- #121 - Facilitation 2005 or Arbitration Circa 1980 - Request Issue
- #120 - Shift Work, Public Holiday and Commonsense - Request Issue
- #119 - Justification - Dismissals and Other Actions - Request Issue
- #118 - The Return of the Law - Contractors in Middle Earth, The Conclusion - Request Issue
2004
- #117 - Employment Agreements - Just What is Required? - Request Issue
- #116 - Probationary Periods - Criminal Records (Clean Slate) Act 2004 - Request Issue
- #115 - Government Provides "Care Packages" to Employees, Unions and Employers - Request Issue
- #114 - Bargaining Fee for Unions - Not Lawful - Request Issue
- #113 - Testing Testimonials - Request Issue
- #112 - Fixing the Term - Part 2 - Request Issue
- #111 - More Alcohol at Work - Request Issue
- #110 - Alcohol, Drugs and Work - Request Issue
- #109 - Good Faith - One More Step - Request Issue
- #108 - Your Computer - My Own Business - Request Issue
- #107 - One Law to Rule Them All - Contractors in Middle Earth - Request Issue
- #106 - Unfavourable Changes Pending for the ERA - Request Issue
2003
- #105 - Is there a Right to Representation? - Request Issue
- #104 - Holidays and Resignations Revisited - Request Issue
- #103 - Stress and Medical Clearances - Round 2 - Request Issue
- #102 - Suspending - The Balance Required - Request Issue
- #101 - The Law of Vicarious Liability - Request Issue
- #100 - Managing the Hazard - Stress & Medical Clearances - Request Issue
- #99 - Exemplary Damages in Employment Law - Request Issue
- #98 - Sexual Harassment in the Workplace - Request Issue
- #97 - Misrepresentation - One Principle, Two Outcomes - Request Issue
- #96 - Huge holiday changes proposed - Request Issue
- #95 - www.play.co.nz - Request Issue
- #94 - Stress, Stress and More Stress - Request Issue
2002
- #93 - Open Sesame - Access to the Workplace - Request Issue
- #92 - Testing the Faith - Request Issue
- #91 - Fixing the Term - Request Issue
- #90 - Anticipating a Break (and a breach) - Request Issue
- #89 - A Few 90 Day Issues/Constructive Dismissals and the 90 Day Rule - Request Issue
- #88 - Policies on Employment Relations - Request Issue
- #87 - Independent Contractors - Request Issue
- #86 - On Probation/Paid Parental Leave - Request Issue
- #85 - Stress - Request Issue
- #84 - The Hazards of Verbal Agreements - Request Issue
- #83 - Aoraki Revived - Request Issue
- #82 - Paid Parental Leave - Request Issue
2001
- #81 - Time for a Break - Request Issue
- #80 - A Lockout or a Holiday? - Request Issue
- #79 - When is a Union not a Union? - Part 2 - Request Issue
- #78 - Good Faith - The First Steps - Request Issue
- #77 - Incompatibility - Request Issue
- #76 - Serious Misconduct - Who decides? - Request Issue
- #75 - Penalties & Damages Awarded to Employers for Breach - Request Issue
- #74 - Aoraki Revisited - Request Issue
- #73 - The Authority's Role in Disciplinary Action - Request Issue
- #72 - Employment Relations Education Leave - Request Issue
- #71 - Testing Drug Testing - Request Issue
- #70 - Dealing to Drug Users - Request Issue
2000
- #69 - Independent Contracts Amidst the ERA - Request Issue
- #68 - New Employees and the ERA - Request Issue
- #67 - Abandonment Revisited - Request Issue
- #66 - Compliance under the ERA - Request Issue
- #65 - Stressed Out and Paid Out - Request Issue
- #64 - Redundancy Obligations Reviewed - Request Issue
- #63 - From Arrears of Wages to Discrimination - Request Issue
- #62 - Protected Disclosures - Request Issue
- #61 - Good Faith - Request Issue
- #60 - Serious Misconduct in Cyberspace - Request Issue
- #59 - Drinking on the Job - Request Issue
- #58 - Degrees of Negligence - Request Issue
1999
- #57 - When There's a Scrap At Work - Request Issue
- #56 - What's Good for the Goose is Good for the Gander (Disparity of Treatment) - Request Issue
- #55 - Accident Insurance Act 1998 - Request Issue
- #54 - Taking the Harshness out of it - Request Issue
- #53 - When Procedures are Breached - Request Issue
- #52 - Tying Down Restraints - Request Issue
- #51 - Discrimination Against Strikers - Request Issue
- #50 - Stretching the 90 Days - Request Issue
- #49 - Sick Leave for an Accident? - Request Issue
- #48 - Alternative Grievance Procedures - Request Issue
- #47 - Discrimination - Request Issue
- #46 - Neither Harsh nor Oppressive; But Maybe Unfair - Request Issue
1998
- #45 - Ex Post Facto Factors - Request Issue
- #44 - Employment Court: Harsh and Oppressive? - Request Issue
- #43 - Parental Leave - Paid or Unpaid? - Request Issue
- #42 - Wrongful Dismissal - What was it? - Request Issue
- #41 - Contractual Approach Continues; Changes Afoot - Request Issue
- #40 - When Employees Give Notice; 90 Days and Exceptional Circumstances - Request Issue
- #39 - Ruling Restricts Redundancy - Request Issue
- #38 - Director or Employee?; Sequestration Orders - Request Issue
- #37 - 100% Contributory Conduct by Employee; Health and Safety in Employment Act - Request Issue
- #36 - A further Final Word on 6% From the Court of Appeal - Request Issue
- #35 - Mutual Termination; Changes Ahead for Personal Grievance Procedures - Request Issue
- #34 - Degrees of Negligence - Request Issue
1997
- #33 - Grievances Start Early - Request Issue
- #32 - The Disadvantage of It All - Request Issue
- #31 - Casual or Part-time? - Request Issue
- #30 - Contracts Procured by Harsh and Oppressive Conduct - Request Issue
- #29 - The Facts About Misrepresentation - Request Issue
- #28 - Abandonment - Request Issue
- #27 - Redundancy - Selection Criteria; More Restraints - Request Issue
- #26 - Restraint of Trade - Request Issue
- #25 - Fixed Term Contracts - The Court of Appeal Rules - Request Issue
- #24 - Conduct Outside of Work - Request Issue
- #23 - Serious Misconduct - Request Issue
- #22 - Lawful and Reasonable Instructions - Request Issue
1996
- #21 - Constructive Dismissal - Request Issue
- #20 - Employee Injury or Absence from Workplace - Request Issue
- #19 - The "Creche" Case - Request Issue
- #18 - Sexual Harassment in the Workplace - An Overview - Request Issue
- #17 - Public Holidays - A Gain and A Gain, Payment, Requirement to Work, Lieu Day - Request Issue
- #16 - The Final Word on 6%; An Employer Strikes Back! - Request Issue
- #15 - Censorship of Communication Reconsidered; Mutual Termination or Unjustified Dismissal - Request Issue
- #14 - Recent Court of Appeal Decisions - Failure to Appoint/The Holidays Act/Communication; Health and Safety - The On-going Cost of Injuries - Request Issue
- #13 - Redundancy - The Obligation to Consult - Request Issue
- #12 - Employee or Contractor? - Request Issue
- #11 - More on Remedies - Reinstatement; Personal Grievance Compensation - Request Issue
- #10 - Employees Have 90 Days to Submit a Personal Grievance - Request Issue
1995
- #9 - The Holidays Act - Some Good News and Some Bad News - Request Issue
- #8 - To Suspend or Not to Suspend - Request Issue
- #7 - Dismissal for Poor Performance - Trotter Revisited; Harsh and Oppressive Contracts - Request Issue
- #6 - More Bad News on the Holidays Act - Including 6%/Transfer of Public Holidays - Request Issue
- #5 - Failure to Appoint/Further Censorship of Employer/Employee Communications - Request Issue
- #4 - Trial Periods Go To Trial; Ratification and Agreement - Request Issue
- #3 - Has the E. Court become the "Censor of Employer/Employee Communications"? - Request Issue
- #2 - Personal Grievances - The Cost of Getting it Wrong - Request Issue
- #1 - Kerry Smith v. Radio I - Fixed Term Contract - Request Issue