Health and Safety in the Workplace: Ignore it at your peril
This article discusses the repercussions that could arise in the event an entity fails to discharge its health and safety obligations.
What’s in a Death Certificate?
A death certificate forms part of the national register of the population of the country and is also an important family record. This article looks at the information needed to produce a complete and accurate death certificate.
Gig what? Business gains are possible, but caution required
Business gains are possible, but caution is required when joining the fourth industrial revolution. What needs to be considered by employers and employees alike is addressed in Alexandria Till’s article focussing on the gig economy and triangular employment agreements.
Think carefully before cutting a child out of your will
If you are considering excluding a child from your will, you need to be aware of potential claims that child may have against your estate. This article provides a brief summary of the rights children have under the Family Protection Act to challenge their parent’s wills.
A Safe and Healthy Workplace – The Importance of a Good Bullying/Harassment Policy
Recent case law has provided further guidance to employers as to what they may wish to include in a bullying and harassment policy, and what will be considered in the absence of such a policy. Employers need to consider how they are fulfilling their duty of care to employees including, in particular, what they are doing to prevent bullying in their workplace.
When is a full and final record of settlement not full and final?
Many people assume when they have entered into a binding record of settlement to resolve an employment relationship problem, that will be an end of the matter, other than for enforcement purposes. Well, not always so.
Have you thought about making a ‘living will’?
If you ended up in a situation where you were in the final stages of a terminal illness, or in a vegetative state where recovery was an unrealistic prospect, what could you have done to make your wishes for your health care known in advance?
Temporary licence to sell and supply alcohol during repairs
Is your existing licensed premises undergoing repairs, alterations or rebuilding or other unforeseen event and you are not sure whether you can simply move to another premises and start trading? This article explains the option available under the Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012 which allows the licensing committees to authorise licences, provided certain legislative criteria is met, for alternative premises where an existing premises are unfit for the sale of alcohol.
Who\’s the boss?
Employment law institutions in New Zealand have yet to grapple in any detail with issues arising from complex employment arrangements, typically the labour on hire arrangements, so-called triangular (or tripartite) employment relationships. If your company engages workers using a labour hire company, there are some important factors and fishhooks for you to be mindful of. This article identifies some of those factors and summarises the potential risks.
Resignations “with immediate effect” – What does this mean?
The wording is ambiguous. It could be interpreted as “ I am resigning today”. It could also be interpreted, as is more common, as “I am ending my employment today without giving notice”.