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Crystal Ball – April 2014

Bartlett Law — Sun, 27 Apr 2014 08:29:20 +0000

Welcome to Bartlett Law’s Crystal Ball. In this issue we spotlight some current trends in employment law and look ahead – what do we see for the future? CURRENT TRENDS Workplace bullying in the spotlight Worksafe New Zealand (previously the [...]

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Crystal Ball – December 2013

Bartlett Law — Sat, 14 Dec 2013 00:26:44 +0000

Welcome to Bartlett Law’s Crystal Ball. In this issue we spotlight some current trends in employment law and look ahead – what do we see for the future? Current Trends Work Trials The case of Howe-Thornley v The Salad Bowl [...]

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Crystal Ball – July 2013

Bartlett Law — Sat, 29 Jun 2013 09:37:12 +0000

Welcome to Bartlett Law’s Crystal Ball for July 2013. In this issue we spotlight some current trends in employment law and look ahead – what do we see in the future? Current trends Pre-employment assessments An unpaid test to assess [...]

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Crystal Ball – December 2012

Bartlett Law — Sat, 29 Jun 2013 09:19:47 +0000

Welcome to Bartlett Law’s Crystal Ball for December 2012. In this issue we spotlight some current trends in employment law and look ahead – what do we see for the future? Current trends The Employment Relations Amendment Act 2010 cast [...]

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Take this job and shove it – cashing in on bad behaviour?

Bartlett Law — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 08:17:10 +0000

Employment Law Specialist Craig Mundy-Smith on some recent cases where workers have told their bosses what to really do with their job. Swearing at the boss and telling them where to stick their job seems like fair grounds for a [...]

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Bartlett Law on TV9

Bartlett Law — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 08:11:15 +0000

Craig Mundy-Smith was recently interviewed by TV9 News regarding employment relations: “… Mr Mundy-Smith explains the complications of the firing procedure which involves two elements. He claims that many employers are ignorant of the rules and processes of dismissing someone. [...]

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Get The Answers: Keeping cool best prescription for dubious sick leave

Bartlett Law — Tue, 12 Jun 2012 11:44:13 +0000

Managing a small team of employees is challenging at the best of times. But things can get confusing and potentially very difficult from a legal perspective when the incidence of so-called sick leave increases under suspicious circumstances. What happens where [...]

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Hung-over can claim sick leave

Bartlett Law — Sat, 21 Apr 2012 09:09:17 +0000

Q: An employee phoned this morning saying that he was sick and couldn’t come into work. I know for a fact that he was drinking heavily last night and I think he’s just hung-over. What can I do about it? A: While [...]

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Focus on SMEs: Consider hard line on hungover staff

Bartlett Law — Sun, 25 Mar 2012 09:17:35 +0000

PROBLEM An employee phoned one morning saying that he was sick and could not come into work. I know he was drinking heavily at an inner-city bar the previous night and I think he was just hungover. What can I [...]

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