Content update

The Minimum Wage Order 2023 comes into force on 1 April 2023

Commentary on fair pay agreements and screen industry workers added to Westlaw New Zealand

A new Act and Regulations came into force on 24 January 2023.

High Court issues two significant legal aid decisions at end of 2022

Changes to New Zealand employment legislation on 30 December 2022.

Legislative activity under way to deliver further Budget 2022 legal aid initiatives.

Practical Law New Zealand has recently added to its suite of in-house presentations. The PowerPoint presentations can be used by in-house lawyers to conduct CPD training and upskill their business.

Philip Joseph’s book Joseph on Constitutional and Administrative Law (5th edition) was declared the winner of the 2021 JF Northey Memorial Book Award at the Legal Research Foundation’s AGM on 1 November 2022.

Important case law commentary added in relation to whether Uber drivers are employees or contractors.

A new Workflows module examines the joinder and severance of criminal charges or trials

New amendment act to encourage better fishing practices

New amendment act aims to improve gender balance, fairness and equity of ACC scheme