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Employers directing staff to work from home has proven to be a popular way to manage the risk of work-related Covid-19 transmission, and it is likely that this will continue to be a popular style of working for the foreseeable future.
The Crimes (Theft by Employer) Amendment Bill has been a hot topic over the past few years, and it has now passed its third reading – meaning, it will shortly become law.
Harmless Fun or Serious Misconduct? TikTok poses a range of issues for employers and raises the question as to whether such conduct may justify dismissal.
Calculating a monetary value which fairly represents emotional harm can be difficult. After all, how do you set a figure to compensate a person’s feelings?
A Power of Attorney is a document appointing someone to make decisions on your behalf or sign documents for you. You need to think carefully about who you give this power to
What you can do to reduce your risk As a property owner (or principal) one of the biggest risks on a building project is the builder/ main contractor ‘going under’ during construction.
Following the Christchurch and Kaikoura earthquakes, we all became very familiar with %NBS or New Building Standard as a measure of the seismic risk of a building or how vulnerable the building is likely to be in the event of an earthquake.
Most modern subdivisions now include land covenants which are registered against the titles. These are effectively rules that the land owner must abide by when owning the land.
Disgruntled and vulnerable family members have long had the ability to claim against an estate under the Family Protection Act 1955 (FPA) where they have not been adequately provided for in a will.
The need to get it right. One of the main purposes of the Construction Contracts Act 2002 (Act) is to facilitate regular and timely payments between parties.
District Plans are the documents prepared under the Resource Management Act that control what land-use activities are permitted or will require consent in the district the plan relates to, and why. This makes them fundamentally important if you are intending a development be it large or small.
In this article we explain why placing your assets in a trust may not protect them upon separation and what you can do to fix this and ensure your assets are protected.
While reviewing LIM reports we have come across several instances where building consents have been obtained for earthquake repairs, however a code of compliance certificate hasn’t been issued.
