Greg Cain

Practice Areas

Greg leads our employment and health and safety team in Wellington. He is a highly experienced specialist with over 20 years in practice advising central and local Government, private enterprise and not-for-profit organisations on all aspects of employment and health and safety issues.

Greg works with HR and health and safety advisers, in house counsel, senior management teams and boards of directors. He assists clients on a wide range of employment matters from personal grievances to large scale restructurings, and complex contractual issues involving bonus schemes and restraints of trade. He has extensive experience in Holidays Act issues and frequently carries out – or advises on – workplace investigations. Greg frequently argues cases in the Employment Relations Authority and the Employment Court.

Greg advises clients on a wide range of health and safety issues, including investigating serious incidents, and represents them in WorkSafe investigations and prosecutions. Greg has provided extensive advice and training on the legal implications of the Health and Safety at Work Act, including advising on governance, contractor management, and PCBU interactions.

Greg is committed to delivering results. He is pragmatic and easy to work with, and adept at finding cost effective solutions to difficult problems.

Career

Greg is a highly experienced specialist with over 20 years experience advising central and local government, private enterprise and not-for-profit organisations on all aspects of employment and health and safety issues.

Professional Memberships

Board member, Community Law Centre (Wellington and Hutt Valley), 2015 to date