HR & Employment Relations Training Courses

Our team draw on extensive experience to offer practical HR and Employment Relations courses and training for New Zealand employers and individuals looking to build skills.

Our training courses and customised workshops cover legal foundations, and most importantly focus on the ‘how to’ of employment relations for New Zealand businesses. 

Our experienced facilitators are able to tailor content to meet the needs of individual groups, whether governance and senior leadership teams, HR / ER teams, or team leaders and managers.

For HR and Employment Relations professionals, we also offer scheduled courses in workplace mediation and workplace investigations, providing the skills to undertake these processes confidently and in compliance with New Zealand law.

This one day, in-person Wellington-based training course will provide participants with a framework to conduct independent employment investigations, and the skills to undertake them confidently. In this way you can be confident of the right process and approach to follow. 

Thursday 25th June 2026

Participants will benefit from practical guidance in recognising risk, triaging options and choosing the right process to address and resolve with this One-Day Workshop. 

 

Wednesday 19th August 2026

Course | Workplace Mediation Skills

Over two days, this training course will provide participants with practical strategies to resolve workplace conflict early, and learn a proven framework for in-house mediation.

Course | Workplace Investigation Skills

This one day training course will provide participants with a framework to conduct independent employment investigations, and the skills to undertake them confidently.

Workshops

Our customised workshops are tailored to each organisation’s needs. Our team cover legal foundations, and most importantly focus on the ‘how to’, of employment relations including,

  • how to conduct a performance management processes
  • how to handle disciplinary processes
  • employment relations training for owners and managers
  • workplace mediation and resolving conflict in the workplace
  • how to conduct workplace investigations in New Zealand
  • negotiation skills and collective bargaining strategy.
Coaching

Our team can provide 1:1 coaching for individuals looking to develop capability in

  • resolving conflict in the workplace
  • workplace investigations
  • negotiation skills and collective bargaining strategy
  • performance management and disciplinary processes.
  • governance.

 

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