🛒 Just recently, I did a late-night shop at my favourite grocery store. Only two female staff on duty. A lone male pushed a HUGE trolley...

😱 Too often I'm hearing the same painful story:  An employee gets mistreated by their employer… then goes to a solicitor for help… and...

🫅 20 August 2025. Parliament moved. A new law - quietly passed, now awaiting Royal Assent. Its mission: to crack open the vault of pay...

🫸 I recall attending a Law Society function in Tauranga, 2015. As the Managing Solicitor of Baywide Community Law, I took along our new,...

🫸 Looking back on 30 years of leadership I've received and given, I’ve realised something:  No one remembers the boss with the fanciest...

Criminal lawyer Joshua Baron shared a metaphor that changed how I approach employment litigation. Stick with me: 👤 The rider = logic  🐘...

🧐 In Aotearoa’s unregulated employment advocacy landscape, the most vulnerable clients are often the most exploited - and no one is...

🥇 In 1893, New Zealand became the first country in the world to give women the vote 🥇 In 2017, we delivered one of the biggest wins for...

🥷 In the fast-paced world of employment relations, disputes are inevitable. Whether it's a termination resulting from a flawed process...

💥 In employment law, the stakes are deeply personal - reputations, livelihoods, and dignity hang in the balance. And as someone who’s...

🥵 April 10 is National Hug Your Dog Day - a celebration of the bond between people and their pups. But for some Tauranga dog owners,...

😕 This week, I supported a client who has been seriously let down. Not by their employer, but by the very person meant to advocate for...

📧 Workplace bullying leaves scars- but when it comes from HR, the damage cuts even deeper 😭 I have just finished a case where the...

🫣 As an employment advocate, I can’t scroll through LinkedIn without seeing posts celebrating the 'courage' required to have those...

🪙Two weeks ago, I wrote about my experience that NZ’s Dispute Resolution process is broken. I now think the first step - mediation - is...

🤗 I have a confession - I do 'dog cases' as a side hobby For years, New Zealand’s Dog Control Act 1996 has been strict: if a dog attacks...

😁 Have you noticed if you smile at other drivers, it makes them smile back? 👋 Saying 'good morning' when you get into the lift?  🧑‍🏫...

I’ve been doing this work for a while, and I thought I had seen it all. But every so often, a case hits harder than the rest; that one...

💥 Minimum Wage Increase Good news for workers—minimum wages are on the rise! Adult minimum wage: Going up from $23.15 to $23.50 per hour...

The Privacy Commissioner Michael Webster has announced plans to issue a biometrics code designed to strengthen the regulation of...