May 2024 Case Law Updates: A Summary

Stay informed with the latest case law updates for May 2024 in New Zealand.

May rulings regarding employer misconduct included - pressuring an employee to resign, retracting work-from-home permissions, rejecting medical certificates, and denying an assault conviction.

Two Union related activities were covered and employers mishandled medical incapacity processes and improperly terminated an injured employee.

Legal disputes covered successful injunctions on restraint of trade breaches, overturned payment clause interpretations, and owed wages due to company receivership. Constructive and unjustified dismissals arose from unilateral contract changes and inadequate investigations. 

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