Four Uber Drivers Take a Victory Lap
Uber has lost its bid for the Supreme Court to overturn a 2024 Court of Appeal decision that found four Uber drivers were employees.
Shoplifting, the 'Wall of Shame' and the Privacy Act
Retail crime costs New Zealand businesses $2.6 billon every year. With Police resources stretched to their limits and reports of shoplifting becoming increasingly common, retailers and other businesses are posed with a difficult question. What can we do about it?
Proposed Law Changes Weighted in Favour of Employers
The Government introduced the Employment Relations Amendment Bill to Parliament on 17 June 2025 and it is currently awaiting its first reading in the House.
The Bill is intended to amend the Employment Relations Act 2000 to provide a clearer distinction between employees and contractors, exclude employees earning $180,000 per annum or more from raising a personal grievance for unjustified dismissal, and remove the requirement that new employees, for their first 30 days of employment, are placed on an employment agreement with the same terms as any relevant collective agreement.
The Bill also proposes to significantly change how an employee’s conduct is assessed during a personal grievance claim.
When is Dismissal of an Employee Justified?
In a recent case* an employee ‘A’ successfully claimed he had been unjustifiably dismissed from his role as a blinds manufacturer and installer.
"A Load of Bollocks" - Behaviour Outside the Workplace
At a recent media event at Wellington Railway Station, reporters’ questions for Minister for Rail Winston Peters were railroaded by a disgruntled bystander expressing his view that the new rail funding being announced was a “load of bollocks.”
