We love to remind everyone about their rights on leave and pay entitlements whenever we smell a holiday on the horizon. With Christmas and New Years fast approaching we’re doing it again. In a significant ruling that underscores the importance of fair holiday pay under New Zealand's employment laws, the former owners of Wendy's NZ have lost their appeal against breaches of the Holidays Act 2003. The Employment Relations Authority (ERA) dismissed arguments from Lendco, the co

Fifteen years on from the Pike River disaster, where 29 men lost their lives in a preventable explosion on the West Coast, New Zealand's workplace safety laws are under the knife again. That 2010 tragedy exposed a system riddled with weak regulations, underfunded oversight, and corporate shortcuts that turned a mine into a death trap. Ignored methane warnings, no proper emergency exits became a failure written in blood. The royal commission's findings led to the Health and Sa

The Supreme Court recently delivered a win for Uber drivers in New Zealand, by unanimously ruling that they are to be classified as employees and not independent contractors. This has closed the case on a nine year court battle to get the global ride  share company to come to the table and recognise its drivers as such.  To be clear, this judgement has not changed anything within the current laws that exist around determining if someone is an employee or an independent contra