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On 29 May 2018 the Government announced the formation of a Working Group to conduct a full review of the Holidays Act 2003 (“the Act”). The review will be carried out by a tripartite Working Group with Business New Zealand and the New Zealand Council of Trade Unions.
This news will be well received by many employers and employees who have struggled with the archaic and overly complex Act, which was originally drafted in 1981. Much has changed since then when ...
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For many years, we have been advising employers that requiring employees to participate in unpaid meetings and undertake “before work” tasks such as health and safety checks, or the requirement to cash up after hours, amounts to work, and should result in an employee being paid. The Employment Court recently confirmed that view. Employers should be aware of the potential legal issues that flow from the Smiths City decision.
In Labour Inspector v Smiths City Group Limited, the Court held that ...
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Recent interest in privacy law has spiked with the discovery that Cambridge Analytica used data obtained from Facebook to influence global politics, including the 2016 election of US President Donald Trump. The company improperly acquired data from Facebook users, prompting Facebook to ban the firm from its platform.
There have been significant technological advances since the Privacy Act 1993 was introduced, and the Cambridge Analytica situation shows that the revision of New Zealand’s privacy laws is long overdue.
This month, a Privacy ...
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