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Employment Law Update
It has been a busy start to 2022, and in-keeping with the prevailing theme over the last two years, there have been several important updates
COVID-19 – Permitted work for Close Contacts
As most will know, COVID-19 is quickly growing in prevalence within the community, and the New Zealand Government has been taking steps to address the
COVID-19 – Rapid Antigen Testing
Following the country’s move into the COVID-19 Protection Framework, seemingly away from the elimination strategy, and the growing threat of Omicron and other variants which
COVID-19 Government Financial Support/Pay for Isolating Staff
COVID-19 Government Financial Support for Isolating Staff With Omicron now in the community, employees may need to self-isolate at home due to COVID-19 or while
COVID-19 Public Health Response (Protection Framework) Order 2021
All of New Zealand will move to the COVID-19 Protection Framework (“Traffic Light System”) at 11.59pm on Thursday, 2 December 2021. At this time, the
COVID-19 Protection Framework – The Next Era in New Zealand’s Pandemic Response
On 26 November 2021, the COVID-19 Response (Vaccinations) Legislation Act 2021 (“Act”) came into force, which lays the groundwork for the Traffic Light Framework which
