Yes, you can. But before making your position redundant, your employer must be particularly careful that they have not treated you just like any other employee. That is because employees on parental leave have some special protections. If your employer does not satisfy these higher standards, your dismissal may be
Under the Employment Relations Act 2000 employees must raise a personal grievance with their employer within 90 days of the events giving rise to the grievance or coming to the employee’s attention. WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO RAISE A PERSONAL GRIEVANCE IN NEW ZEALAND? There is no special formula or magic words that employees
NO LONGER JUST AN ONLINE BUSINESS CARD When I first ventured out on my own as a barrister sole, one of the first things I did was ask a friend to help me get a website up and running. At the time I looked around for good examples of other
WHY AUTOMATING LEGAL DOCUMENTS IS GOOD FOR BUSINESS No one likes to be told they’re redundant. As an employment lawyer, I see it all the time — some folks are deeply wounded when they are told they are no longer needed. They struggle to cope when faced with an uncertain future and
There is currently a battle raging in the US over whether LegalZoom, an online repository of standard form legal documents, provides legal services. If they do provide legal services, they may be doing so unlawfully in many jurisdictions because the legal profession around the world is regulated in such a way
