Employment

About

Provided by Dentons New Zealand

People are at the heart of every business. Successfully navigating New Zealand’s complex and highly regulated employment landscape is critical not only for legal compliance but for building a productive, resilient, and engaged workforce.

Our Employment team, one of the largest and most experienced in New Zealand, provides strategic, commercially focused advice across all aspects of the employment lifecycle. We help clients manage workplace relationships proactively, resolve disputes efficiently, and maintain the flexibility needed to adapt in a rapidly changing environment.

We advise a wide range of clients, including multinationals, government agencies, iwi organisations, and New Zealand businesses, on matters such as restructures and reorganisations, union relations and collective bargaining, disciplinary and performance processes, workplace investigations, industrial action, and contentious employment disputes. We are experienced in appearing before the Employment Relations Authority and Employment Court, as well as in mediation and alternative dispute resolution processes.

Our approach is pragmatic and people-focused. We work closely with clients to understand their operating environment, manage risk, and help foster workplaces that support organisational success. Whether you are responding to a high-stakes issue or seeking to improve long-term workforce outcomes, we deliver practical advice tailored to your goals.