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Employment Law Services
When it comes to employment law services – Copeland McAllister’s team of employment lawyers have you covered.
Whether it’s drafting contracts, advising on disciplinary process, resolving disputes, or managing restructure and redundancy processes, we provide practical, tailored guidance for both employers and employees.
We specialise in every aspect of employment law including:
Employment Law Compliance
- Guidance on recrutment processes, including human rights, privacy and vulnerable works legislation
- Support with holidays and leave, waged, Kiwisaver and superannuation, accident compensation, discrimination, harassment and bullying matters
- Collective Bargaining
- Contracts of all types
- Negotiation strategy and advice
- Restraint of trade advice and enforcement
- Personal grievances
Employment agreements, contracts and policies
- Advice on choosing the right type of agreement for workers (employee or contractor)
- Drafting and reviewing employment ad contracting agreements
- Negotiation strategy and advice
- Restraint of trade and enforcement
- Drafting and reviewing workplace policies
- Advice on business mergers and acquisitions, including employment due diligence
Employment relationship problems
- Advice and support with managing under performance or disciplinary issues, personal grievances and disputes
- Representation in mediation, Employment Relations Authority, Employment Court and beyond
- Advice regarding industrial relations issues, including strikes and lockouts
- Breach of contract claims
Restructuring and redundancy
- Advice and guidance on restructuring processes and redundancy
- Advice on obligations to vulnerable employees during sale and transfer of business

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