Employment Relations Authority

University of Waikato lecturer dismissed after secret UAE contract revealed

Senior lecturer found moonlighting at a UAE university while on his New Zealand employer's payroll

Employment Court raises hurt and humiliation payout for unjustified dismissal

No doctor's note, no family nearby, yet the Court still lifted his payout

Family caregiver wins full legal costs from Ministry of Social Development

Judge rejects scale costs and orders the Crown to foot the entire $349,107.98 bill

Chef wins $21k after employer dismissed family violence leave

An ERA ruling exposes an employer's failure to honour family violence leave

New Zealand employers back regulation of employment advocates

New poll reveals 'poor' experiences of employers with employment advocates

JIT Limited loses unjustified dismissal case brought by migrant worker

He was fired for aggression. The Authority found his boss made the unlawful move

Veolia loses unjustified disadvantage claim over engineer's replacement company vehicle

He traded his bonus and super for a company vehicle, then got a lesser one in return

EMA calls for workforce overhaul, employment law stability ahead of election

Business group warns skills crisis is now employers' top concern

LS Travel must pay retail worker for denying guaranteed hours

She resigned and lost that claim, but the airport retailer still had to pay up

Health New Zealand defeats coordinator's personal grievance claims over 90-day limit

Complaining about a colleague is not the same as raising a grievance, an employee learned