Jaime Lomas

Jaime Lomas is a Director at DTI Lawyers and a highly experienced specialist employment lawyer.

Jaime advises employers, employees, businesses and individuals on a wide range of workplace, regulatory, and dispute resolution matters. She is known for providing pragmatic, commercially focused advice and helping clients navigate complex and often sensitive situations with confidence.

While employment law remains a core focus of her practice, Jaime also has experience in privacy law, human rights claims, tertiary education disputes, and regulatory matters involving the Teaching Council of Aotearoa New Zealand. She regularly represents clients in disciplinary and misconduct processes, mediations, employment relationship disputes, privacy complaints, professional conduct matters, Employment Relations Authority proceedings, and Employment Court litigation.

Jaime works closely with businesses of all sizes, from small and medium enterprises through to large organisations, providing strategic advice on employment relations, workplace change, performance management, health and safety, restructures, disciplinary processes, restraints of trade, and compliance obligations. She also advises individuals on employment disputes, discrimination claims, professional discipline matters, and career-impacting workplace issues.

As an experienced advocate, Jaime is recognised for her practical approach and ability to achieve commercially sensible outcomes. She represents clients in mediations and before the Employment Relations Authority and Employment Court.

Jaime is a regular presenter to client, business, and industry groups on employment law and workplace-related issues. She is passionate about helping organisations understand and manage legal risk while building effective and compliant workplaces.

Outside of her legal practice, Jaime serves on the Board of the Waikato YWCA and is committed to supporting initiatives that strengthen and empower the local community.

Jaime’s expertise includes:

• Employment law and workplace relations
  
• Personal grievances and employment disputes
  
• Restructuring and redundancy processes
  
• Disciplinary and performance management processes
  
• Medical incapacity
  
• Executive and senior employee advice
  
• Business acquisition and employment-related due diligence
  
• Bullying, harassment and workplace conduct matters
  
• Employment Relations Authority and Employment Court advocacy
  
• Privacy law and Privacy Act compliance
  
• Human rights and discrimination claims
  
• Teaching Council regulatory, competency and disciplinary matters
  
• Tertiary education disputes and advocacy
  
• Mediation and dispute resolution
  
• Health and safety advice and compliance
  
• Governance and workplace compliance
  
• Employment agreements and restraints of trade
  
• Training, presentations and employment law education
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