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Thursday 21 August 2008
When is a deal a deal?
Many agreements in the school yard are settled (after extensive oral negotiation) with a handshake - often involving some sort of "secret" element, known only to the members of a solemn sub-tribe of pupils.
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Article posted by Andrew Scott-Howman, Partner | Related topics: Employment
Thursday 7 August 2008
Firing someone for not speaking proper
There's a school of thought these days that language is all about communication: as long as you get your message across to your recipient, rules of grammar (and in some cases, spelling) are unimportant.
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Article posted by Andrew Scott-Howman, Partner | Related topics: Employment
Thursday 24 July 2008
Military battle fought out in British court
In the ordinary course of life, it would seem trite to emphasise that the law applies to us all - irrespective of our personal status and circumstances.
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Article posted by Andrew Scott-Howman, Partner | Related topics: Employment
Tuesday 22 July 2008
Drug testing in the workplace - essential or excessive?
Picture this. It's Sunday morning. You are just sitting down to read the paper when there's a knock on your door. You open it to find your boss demanding a urine sample there and then to determine what substances you may have indulged in the previous night. Would you be happy to oblige?
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Article posted by Maria Berryman, Senior Associate | Related topics: Employment
Thursday 10 July 2008
The whistle blower and religious devotion
Employment law often provides us with cases that lend themselves to good yarns.
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Article posted by Andrew Scott-Howman, Partner | Related topics: Employment
Friday 27 June 2008
Balancing the scales of justice
Fans of Rumpole will be familiar with the statue that adorns the top of the Old Bailey: the blindfolded woman holding aloft the balanced scales of justice.
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Article posted by Andrew Scott-Howman, Partner | Related topics: Employment
Thursday 12 June 2008
Anti-smoking law changes behaviour
It is now almost universally accepted that smoking is a social ill in New Zealand.
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Article posted by Andrew Scott-Howman, Partner | Related topics: Employment
Wednesday 28 May 2008
Threats of intimidation at work
The Godfather will surely be remembered as Francis Ford Coppola's finest work.
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Article posted by Andrew Scott-Howman, Partner | Related topics: Employment
