Employment

The Employment Relations Amendment Act 2014 came into effect on 6 March 2015.  The amendments to the Employment Relations Act 2000 affect small to medium businesses and aim to create and uphold a scheme that increases flexibility and choice, ensures an equity of fairness between employees and employers, reduces regulation […] Read More›

The Supreme Court has recently provided a decision on a long running issue as to whether or not the previous employer or new employer is responsible for employee entitlements that have accrued to the employee up to the date the employee begins work with the new employer as a consequence […] Read More›

The Supreme Court has finally settled the issue of whether the prior employer or new employer is responsible for paying accrued benefits such as annual holidays, sick and bereavement leave etc due to employees who are transferring to a new employer pursuant to the provisions of Part 6A of the […] Read More›

  From the 1st December this year there will be a change in the current drink driving legislation for adult drivers.  There will be a significant reduction in the legal drink driving limits for drivers 20 years and over. The current limit for adult drivers is 400 micrograms (mcg) of […] Read More›