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Intentional Wage Theft Now Criminalized In New Zealand

Following the introduction of a similar reform in Australia in January, New Zealand has now criminalized intentional wage theft by employers.

New Zealand Employment

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Littler Mendelson

Balancing family and business: employment issues in family businesses

Case law highlights the difficulties which can come from such informal familial arrangements.

New Zealand Employment

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Wynn Williams Lawyers

New law means employers face risk of criminal prosecution for intentional wage theft

New law aims to penalise employers that owe wages to employees & intentionally do not pay them.

New Zealand Employment

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Wynn Williams Lawyers

Employment issues with criminal consequences – the criminalisation of wage theft

New law may not create new obligations for employers, but it means there may be criminal consequences if existing obligations are not met.

New Zealand Criminal

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Cavell Leitch

The year ahead in employment law: what to expect in 2025

New Zealand Employment

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Wynn Williams Lawyers

Verbal warnings: valid or void?

New Zealand Employment

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Wynn Williams Lawyers

Trial period pitfalls

New Zealand Employment

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Wynn Williams Lawyers

Hands up: employers have right to collect biometric info from staff

New Zealand Employment

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Wynn Williams Lawyers

Holidays Act 2003 reform – change is on the horizon

New Zealand Employment

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Wynn Williams Lawyers

Time to start looking at employment in 2024

New Zealand Employment

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Wynn Williams Lawyers

Change on the Horizon: What the Coalition Agreements and 100-day plan means for Employment in Aotearoa New Zealand

New Zealand Employment

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Wynn Williams Lawyers

90-day trial periods are back

New Zealand Employment

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Wynn Williams Lawyers

What is shared parental leave, and who is entitled to it in NZ?

New Zealand Employment

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LegalVision

Can employers pay their employees a commission or piece rates in NZ?

New Zealand Employment

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LegalVision

Common ASIC Errors

New Zealand Commercial

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Heat of the Moment Resignations in New Zealand

New Zealand Employment

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LegalVision

Five Reasons Why You Should Aim for High ESG Performance

New Zealand Environment

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LegalVision

Show me the money: enforcing court orders for debt payment

New Zealand Consumer

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Wynn Williams Lawyers

Legal guardians and wills: what every parent needs to know

New Zealand Family

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Wynn Williams Lawyers

What are the differences between annual leave and time off in lieu?

Explains the main differences between annual leave and time off in lieu in New Zealand.

New Zealand Employment

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LegalVision

Remote Working: What Are The Rules? (Video)

What are the rules surrounding remote working and what are their implications for employers? How can employers manage the physical and mental risks to employees

New Zealand Employment

IL

Ius Laboris

Parental leave explained

Describes primary carer leave, extended leave, partners' leave & special leave. Also touches on some of the key principles.

New Zealand Employment

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Cavell Leitch

New Median Wage For 2023

New Zealand announced that the median wage will increase to NZD 29.66 on 27 February 2023...

New Zealand Immigration

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Envoy Global, Inc.

Dismissing an employee on ACC

New Zealand Employment

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Cavell Leitch

The Great Resignation: Retaining staff is now more important than ever

New Zealand Employment

CL

Cavell Leitch

Is the NZ government proposing to pay employees if they lose their job?

New Zealand Employment

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Wynn Williams Lawyers

Employers get ready for changes in employment law

New Zealand Employment

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Wynn Williams Lawyers

New Zealand ‘Essential' Workers Not Working During Lockdown Entitled To Minimum Wage

New Zealand Employment

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Ius Laboris

‘Essential' Workers Not Working During Lockdown In New Zealand Entitled To Minimum Wage

New Zealand Employment

IL

Ius Laboris

Holiday Pay On ‘Discretionary' Bonuses: A Landmark Decision From New Zealand

New Zealand Employment

IL

Ius Laboris

Recovering overpayments from employees

New Zealand Employment

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Cavell Leitch

New Zealand Lockdown August 2021: What Do You Need To Know?

New Zealand Employment

IL

Ius Laboris

What does equal pay mean for workers and employers?

New Zealand Employment

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Wynn Williams Lawyers

Holiday Pay On ‘Discretionary' Bonuses: A Landmark Decision From New Zealand

New Zealand's Court of Appeal has released a much-anticipated ruling, stating payments made by an employer under its short-term incentive (STI) schemes to employees...

New Zealand Employment

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Ius Laboris

Recovering overpayments from employees

Employee ordered to pay back excess payments. Decision consistent with general principles of mistaken payments.

New Zealand Employment

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Cavell Leitch

New Zealand Lockdown August 2021: What Do You Need To Know?

The New Zealand Government has announced that New Zealand will move into an Alert Level 4 Lockdown

New Zealand Employment

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Ius Laboris

What does equal pay mean for workers and employers?

Pay equity relates to women & men receiving the same pay for doing jobs that are different, but of equal value.

New Zealand Employment

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Wynn Williams Lawyers

Employee or Independent Contractor?

New Zealand Employment

CL

Cavell Leitch

What is hurt and humiliation worth as compensation?

Calculating a monetary value to fairly represent emotional harm can be difficult - how to compensate a person's feelings?

New Zealand Litigation

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Cavell Leitch

Hot off the Press: Uber drivers are workers

Employers must carefully consider the classification of the worker at the time of entering into an agreement or contract.

New Zealand Employment

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Wynn Williams Lawyers

Employment Law Calendar 2021 and 2022

To ensure you are up-to-date with recent employment law changes, the details are set out in an Employment Law Calendar.

New Zealand Employment

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Wynn Williams Lawyers

Trans-Tasman travel bubble – What if my employee gets stuck across the ditch?

Employers may become frustrated by employees travelling during COVID-19, but employment law principles remain the same.

New Zealand Employment

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Cavell Leitch

Long-awaited New Zealand Holidays Act Taskforce Recommendations Are Here: What Do They Say?

New Zealand Employment

IL

Ius Laboris

What Changes To Employment Law Can Employers Expect Following The New Zealand Election?

New Zealand Employment

IL

Ius Laboris

Ready, Willing And Able To Work? Post-COVID Pay Issues In New Zealand Under The Microscope

New Zealand Employment

IL

Ius Laboris

Full Court to consider implications of the Covid-19 Wage Subsidy

New Zealand Employment

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Wynn Williams Lawyers

COVID-19: Who takes the pay hit when there is little or no work during lockdown?

New Zealand Employment

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Hesketh Henry

The Covid-19 wage subsidy and your business – where to from here?

New Zealand Employment

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Webb Farry

Pay Equity In New Zealand: What Does The Equal Pay Amendment Bill Mean?

New Zealand Employment

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Ius Laboris

COVID -19 - Important guidance regarding employer wage subsidy

New Zealand Employment

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Cavell Leitch

COVID-19 - Update to the employer wage subsidy

New Zealand Employment

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Cavell Leitch

COVID-19 – Essential Workers Leave Support scheme

New Zealand Coronavirus

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Cavell Leitch

2020 Employment law calendar - have you noted the key dates?

New Zealand Employment

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Wynn Williams Lawyers

Constantly sick employees and non-genuine sick leave. When is enough, enough?

New Zealand Employment

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Cavell Leitch

Unpaid internships: exploitation or opportunity?

New Zealand Employment

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Wynn Williams Lawyers

Domestic Violence - Victims Protection Bill Of New Zealand Comes Into Effect

New Zealand Employment

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STA Law Firm

Holiday obligations - Miri Kirihimete, Seasons Greetings and Happy Holidays!

New Zealand Employment

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Wynn Williams Lawyers

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Michael Byrnes appeared on Breakfast with Tim Webster on 2SM on 23 July 2025 to discuss workplace relationships and that Coldplay concert

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Swaab

It Depends – Can an employee make an underpayment claim when their annual salary is higher than their minimum Award entitlements?

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Cooper Grace Ward

Remote Working: What Are The Rules? (Video)

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Ius Laboris

[Podcast] Insights into the Fair Entitlements Guarantee (FEG) with Stephen Humphreys

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Cathro & Partners

Full Disclosure Podcast, Vol 2: Asset Protection Planning

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Mellor Olsson Lawyers

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