About the Practical Guidance
Employment Law for Employers module
Get instant access to essential legal information on
a range of employment law topics with Practical Guidance -
Employment Law for Employers, now featuring content for government
employers.
Designed specifically for non-legal professionals,
Employment Law for Employers guides you through common employment
pitfalls so you can expertly manage staff with confidence. This
module also features content specifically tailored to the needs of
government employers and Human Resource professionals in the public
sector. This ensures that all employers have the resources
available to effectively control risk, stay up to date on changes
in the law, save time and avoid costly compensation and legal
fees
Follow our step-by-step guides to complete the
required processes across a number of typical employment topics and
issues, even those you are unfamiliar with, through our
easy-reference online platform.
Take a strategic approach when managing employment
issues and capitalise on your company's most valued asset - your
people.

- 22 Topics
- 73 Subtopics each with Overviews
- 86 Guidance notes
- 37 Precedents
- 14 Checklists
- 50+ Cases
- 100+ Legislative references
- Business: Guiding principles
- Business: Recruitment
- Business: Employment agreements
- Business: Day-to-day management
- Business: Discipline and termination
- Business: Restructure and redundancy
- Business: Disputes and grievances
- Government: The State Sector Act
- Government: The State Services Commission
- Government: Equal employment opportunities
- Government: Parliamentary Service and Ministerial Service
- Government: Parliamentary questions, privilege and select
committees
- Government: The Official Information Act and the Privacy
Act
- Government: Union involvement in the public service
- Government: Public and government inquiries
- People management: Pre-employment
- People management: Types of employment
- People management: Policies - creation, promulgation and
breaches
- People management: Managing illness, injury, and sick
leave
- People management: Misconduct and poor performance as grounds
for dismissal
- People management: Investigations and disciplinary
processes
- People management: Personal grievances
- New Zealand Employment Law Reports
- New Zealand Law Reports
- Unreported Judgments
- New Zealand Statutes
- New Zealand Regulations

Chen Palmer New
Zealand Public and Employment Law Specialists
About Chen
Palmer
Chen Palmer was the first public law specialist firm in New
Zealand, established in 1994. Chen Palmer has won best Public Law
Firm in the New Zealand Law Awards five years in a row, from 2007 -
2011.
Chen Palmer has advised on most of the major policy and law
reforms undertaken by Governments over the last 19 years. In recent
years Chen Palmer has been involved in some of the most interesting
and high-profile public law work in New Zealand.Chen Palmer's
highly successful public law practice was complemented in early
2011 with the addition of an employment law practice.