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Kim Leighton
- Sep 3, 2020
- 5 min
Systemic Change to Address Workplace Bullying - by Laura Walters for Newsroom
LA comment: we have highlighted parts in red that will be included in an upcoming blog. Businesses and government systems are not doing enough to identify and address workplace bullying and harassment, and the harm it can cause A first-of-its-kind research report says more needs to be done to identify and respond to the widespread issue of workplace bullying and harassment. https://www.mbie.govt.nz/have-your-say/bullying-and-harassment-at-work A new MBIE report highlights the
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Kim Leighton
- Aug 14, 2020
- 3 min
New Zealand's Trashiest Employment Law Blogs - by Karen Davis
As we promised last month, here’s our picks for top three: #3: Erin Burke https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/culturesafe-ordered-pay-33000-penalties-damages-erin-burke/ If we were going to blog on the unfortunate legacy of former ERA Chief James Crichton, this would be a good place to start. Ms Burke’s sycophantic blog describes a situation where an employer, Turuki Healthcare, paid a former employee most of what had been negotiated in mediation, but was unresponsive to attempts
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Kim Leighton
- Jul 6, 2020
- 12 min
Bringing the House Down - by Kim Leighton
New Zealand’s suppression laws created controversy in the UK when name suppression was granted to the killer of Grace Millane, the British backpacker, in 2019. The Minister of Justice, made a well-publicised speech warning the world, especially the UK, not to breach New Zealand suppression orders. But the Minister had something else going on. He was being advised on giving suppression powers to MBIE officials, by a rogue lawlord who needed to reclassify and suppress his own o
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Kim Leighton
- May 21, 2020
- 18 min
Well Worth The Money! By Kim Leighton
Other media have carried complaints recently about the charges of private lawyers for conducting employment cases - Dyhrberg Drayton running up a bill of $250,000 to the New Zealand Nurses Organization or Mark Beech and Holland Beckett charging $240,000 to the Bay of Plenty District Health Board for delaying a court case for four years – a case which finally got going last year, with Beech still at the helm for the Bay of Plenty DHB. But employment lawyers have done a lot for
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