The employment team at Tompkins Wake are employment law specialists with over 25 years of experience in this increasingly technical field. With over 30 Acts of Parliament that can impact on an employment relationship our clients need hands on practical guidance to ensure best practice in the workplace. When the need arises, we have a skilled team of advocates who regularly appear in the Employment Relations Authority and Employment Court. Our expertise includes:

• Drafting employment documents including employment agreements and policies
• Representation in bargaining, strikes and lockouts
• Advocacy in negotiations, informal mediations, Employment Relations Authority hearings, Employment Court and appellate jurisdiction
• Representation in health and safety matters and provision of health and safety advice
• Performance management processes
• Disciplinary processes
• Redundancy processes whether downsizing, contracting out or reorganising the work
• Sales of businesses for vendors and purchasers
• Management of payroll, leave and holiday issues and obligations
• Confidentiality and privacy issues from restraints to challenges to information requests

• Prue Dawson
• Mark Hammond