Some Southland Hospital staff have been told they could only talk to each other for no more than five minutes a day. The ...

RNZ asked two employment law experts to explain. Alison Maelzer, a partner at law firm Hesketh Henry, said offers of voluntary redundancy for all staff were relatively uncommon. But she said when ...

Hesketh Henry partner Alison Maelzer said those same rules also limited availability provisions by requiring compensation for them. The Health and Safety at Work Act 2015 also gave some protection ...