by Kate Henry | Nov 22, 2017 | discipline and dismissal
As an employment lawyer, I am often asked if an employee’s actions (or failure to act) constitute serious misconduct. This is an important question because employers are only usually able to dismiss an employee without prior warnings and without given the employee...
by Kate Henry | Nov 15, 2017 | Changes to legislation
Trial periods were introduced by the National government in 2009. Broadly, where an employment agreement includes a trial period, the employee cannot bring a personal grievance for unjustified dismissal for up to the first 90 days of employment. The rationale for...
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