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Employers aimed to act within the law
Media release
24 August 2010
Employers aimed to act within the law
Good faith in the workplace is in danger of being undermined by invective against employers who are only seeking to act within the law.
BusinessNZ says the Employment Court's decision on Smith v Stokes Valley Pharmacy indicates that the employers - described by the judge as being guinea pigs in the first legal case involving trial periods - found themselves in this position because of initial flawed legal advice.
The brief of evidence in this case lists the performance issues that led to the decision to terminate employment.
The campaign by
some unions against employment trial periods is presenting
only one side of the employment issues involved and is not
helpful for good employment relations, BusinessNZ says.
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