HR101: Disciplinary Processes – when to start, best practice, and avoiding common mistakes

Presenter Details

John Gray-Smith, Senior Solicitor, Duncan Cotterill

John is a Senior Solicitor in the Employment and Health and Safety team at Duncan Cotterill. He works closely with a range of employer clients – including large corporates and small businesses – and advises on matters including disciplinary and performance processes, restructuring, and maintaining ongoing employment relationships. John has experience assisting employee clients in raising concerns and negotiating exits and settlements. John has appeared in both the Employment Court and the Employment Relations Authority.

Lilli Wilkinson, Solicitor, Duncan Cotterill

Lilli is a Solicitor in the Employment team at Duncan Cotterill. She works closely with employer clients to advise on a range of matters including disciplinary and performance processes, restructures and redundancies, and assisting with the defence of personal grievance claims. This includes representing clients during mediations, disciplinary meetings, and all other employment processes. Lilli also has experience assisting employee clients in raising concerns and negotiating exits and settlements.

Sponsor Details

Duncan Cotterill Auckland

HR101 Series Sponsor

Short bio for Sponsor (if applicable) Duncan Cotterill’s specialist employment team is one of the biggest in New Zealand and works across New Zealand assisting clients navigate their employment and health and safety issues. We believe the best advice is given by analysing the people involved, the situations at hand and the wider context of your business objectives. We help employers of all sizes, from owner / operators and SMEs to multinationals and senior executives, with the full range of employment law issues from all our five offices.