Case Study - Dec 2013
Facebook The Employment Court has recently considered the use of social networking posts in employment disputes in Hook v Stream Group (NZ) Pty Limited.[1] Mr Hook was employed as an information…
Proposed Employment Law changes - May 2013
Proposed Employment Law Changes On 26 April Labour Minister Simon Bridges announced proposed changes to the Employment Relations Act intended to improve fairness and flexibility in workplace…
Update - Nov 2012
Labour Minister steps down Hon Kate Wilkinson resigned as Labour Minister effective 5 November 2012, following the release of the report from the Royal Commission on the Pike River Coal Mine tragedy.…
Welcoming new member and proposed Labour law changes - June 2012
New Lawyer In April, DDELaw welcomed a new lawyer to the team. Kim Lennie joined us from the Department of Labour where she was working as a Legal Researcher for the members of the Employment…
Announcement - Feb 2012
All-of-Government External Legal Services panel Dyhrberg Drayton Employment Law is pleased to announce that we have been accepted onto the panel to provide external legal services for All of…
Employment Law update - Nov 2011
Parental leave Recently there has been discussion about annual leave accruing while staff are on parental leave. When your staff are on parental leave they continue to accrue annual leave. Once the…