Employment Law Matters to your Business and Relationships.
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As an employment lawyer, Lucia works closely with you to prevent and solve workplace issues when it matters most. Specialising means she gets to the heart of your matter and resolves it right the first time.
From managing misconduct, redundancy and performance processes and personal grievance issues at mediation or the Employment Relations Authority, to drafting robust employment agreements and policy, Lucia will give you employment law advice tailored to you, with practical pointers so you can work well and successfully in all your employment relationships.
A local with deep Southern roots, Lucia feels privileged working with her local clients, and loves seeing their businesses and careers flourish. She looks forward to working with you and your team soon.
Employment Leave Bill
It pays to get ahead of employment leave changes. Even with a long lead in time the biggest change to holidays and leave for decades promises to simplify calculations, but not without tricky transitions.
Dispute resolution system set to change?
If you have ever faced a personal grievance or dispute, you'll know how hard it is to manage resolving it alongside all the other aspects of your work and life. The Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment consulted over how well the employment dispute system works (think mediation, the Employment Relations Authority and Court). Submissions closed on 31 July 2026. Watch this space for what's next.
Compensating what?
What will an employer pay for a personal grievance if it all goes wrong? The Employment Court applies a banding approach to compensation. The bands increased in GF v Comptroller of Customs [2023] NZEmpC 101.