Langley Twigg Law Hawke's Bay

People problems and workforce issues can absorb a lot of valuable management time and energy and sometimes escalate into serious and costly disputes. Langley Twigg advises on a full range of employment law and industrial relations issues.

We can assist you with:

• Major work force re-organisation and restructuring
• Proper procedures for disciplining and/or dismissing employees
• Drafting, advising on and negotiating employment agreements
• Collective Employment Agreements
• Avoidance or resolution of personal grievances and other disputes
• Representation from Mediation through to Employment Relations Authority Investigative meetings, the Employment Court and the Court of Appeal
• Application of legislation concerning employment, occupational health and safety, privacy and human rights issues
• Restraint of trade issues and protection of trade secrets
• Appropriate tax treatment of employee payments and incentive schemes

Examples of our recent work include:

• Formulating drug and alcohol policies for clients involved in sensitive work activities
• Advising employers and senior staff on exit/redundancy arrangements for individual and business restructuring situations
• Preparation of plain English employment agreements, contracts for independent contractors and related core documentation
• Representing clients at informal and formal levels of employment dispute resolution

Related areas:

Commercial and Company