Rosemary Wooders
Partner, AucklandRosemary is a highly experienced employment and workplace health and safety lawyer, known for being a trusted advisor to clients across a wide range of industries. Rosemary's expertise and dedication ensures that clients receive comprehensive and practical solutions tailored to their specific needs.
Rosemary advises employers and senior executives on an extensive range of transactional, contentious and advisory employment matters including personal grievances and disputes, collective bargaining matters, protected disclosures, restraints of trade, team move matters, absence management, redundancy and performance issues, and negotiated exits. She also advises on health and safety and employment related privacy matters.
An experienced negotiator, Rosemary represents employers and senior executives at mediation. When matters have not settled, Rosemary has represented clients in the Employment Relations Authority, the Employment Court, and the Coroner's Court.
Rosemary has an interest in the privacy and employment law implications of new technologies in the workplace, including biometrics and generative AI.
Outside of her legal work, Rosemary is influential in providing commentary online and through traditional media on New Zealand employment law issues. She is connected with employers and other lawyers across New Zealand and internationally regarding these issues, through media, social media, seminars and writing articles.