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With over 30 years' experience working at the centre of the relationships between New Zealand employers and their employees, we’ve learnt that what helps relationships, helps businesses.

Our approach is to identify the underlying cause of the matter and get to the very heart of the issue. First, we listen. Then we act with purpose, always in the best interests of our clients, building long-term solutions based on strong foundations, rather than short-term band aids. This is where certainty can be brought to uncertainty and real, lasting change can be made.

If there’s a matter that affects the relationship between employer and employee, we have the expertise that gets results.

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Working from home: Is it a right?

Working from home: Is it a right?

Working from home – and the extent and ways it might be addressed in employment policies – has become a discussion point recently due to the Coalition Government’s position that working from home is not

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Status Anxiety: Will the proposed changes clarify the true nature of the contractor relationship?

Status Anxiety: Will the proposed changes clarify the true nature of the contractor relationship?

The Coalition Government recently announced a proposal to enhance clarity when determining whether someone is a contractor or an employee.  The principle of providing certainty to employers, employees, and independent contractors as to how they

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Mediation: a conversation with benefits

Mediation: a conversation with benefits

Despite recent glimmers of positivity in the economy, it remains vital to resolve workplace conflict in a timely manner, for the well-being of the parties and the organisation itself. Senior Associate Lisa McWilliams-Smith outlines the

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