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Provided by MinterEllisonRuddWatts

MinterEllisonRuddWatts has one of the largest employment teams in New Zealand, providing practical legal advice on all employment-related matters.

The team advises on the full spectrum of employment law, including employee and industrial relations, HR, employment law, disciplinary investigations and dismissals, restructuring and redundancies, managing poor performance and long term illness, Holidays Act advice, executive remuneration, health and safety, immigration law, privacy issues, and equal employment opportunities and discrimination law.

With a reputation for providing high quality, strategic assistance, the team is renowned for understanding their clients’ business – which allows the team to provide advice that is practical, easy to understand, commercially astute and easily implemented.

MinterEllisonRuddWatts is connected to a global network of offices and can help clients find experts to assist with global HR and legal needs.

  • Advised Raiser New Zealand Limited (Uber) in their litigation with four Uber drivers in their application to be recognised as employees.
  • Advised Electrix to provide strategic guidance and support on employee conduct issues.
  • Advise Metlifecare’s executive leadership and human resources teams on ongoing day-to-day employment, industrial relations, and crisis management advice. Recently, we assisted Metlifecare with the acquisition of six retirement villages across New Zealand’s North Island.



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Gillian Service

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Megan Richards

Megan Richards

Head of Department

Clients

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Aon Insurance

Auckland District Health Board

Colliers International

Fonterra Co-Operative Group

IAG New Zealand Limited

IBM

Johnson & Johnson

The Warehouse Group

Uber

Warner Brothers Discovery Inc