Employment Law Lens: Further Updates & Developments in the Employment Law Space

This is an in-person event

Following up from our session in April, in this update we will discuss what employment-related legislation has progressed, what is new, and what the possible implications are for both private and public sector organisations, and with employees.

We aim to cover the following topics, with scope to add anything further that might develop before the seminar:
 • The Employment Relations Amendment Bill (currently in the Select Committee phase) which covers:
   o  a proposed income threshold for unjustified dismissal personal grievances;
   o  the introduction of a gateway test to distinguish independent contractors from employees; 
   o  the removal of the ’30 day rule’ regrading collective agreements; and
   o  a change to eligible remedies for personal grievance claims.

 • The Employment Relations (Termination of Employment by Agreement) Amendment Bill (also at Select Committee stage) which would change the way employers and employees are able to engage with each other in terms of exit negotiations.

 • The Privacy Amendment Bill (awaiting its Third Reading) aims to improve transparency about the indirect collection of personal information by introducing a new information privacy principle.

 • An overview of Health and Safety developments, including Worksafe’s Managing Psychosocial Risks at Work guidelines.

 • And some insight into what effect the following new legislation will have in day to day operation:
   o  The ending of pay secrecy in remuneration disclosure;
   o  How making 90-day trial periods available to all employers affects employees; and 
   o  How a pay deduction works practically when partial strikes occur.

We encourage you to bring your own stories.  These sessions are best when we are discussing real life situations in the context of amendments to employment law!
 

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