Wolters Kluwer Law & Business Labour Law in New Zealand

Product Description Derived from the renowned multi-volume International Encyclopaedia of Laws, this monograph on labour law in New Zealand not only describes and analyses the legal aspects of labour relations, but also examines labour relations practices and developing trends. It provides a survey of the subject that is both usefully brief and sufficiently detailed to answer most questions likely to arise in any pertinent legal setting. Both individual and collective labour relations are covered in ample detail, with attention to such underlying and pervasive factors employment contracts, suspension of the contracts, dismissal laws and covenant of non-competition, as well as international private law. The author describes all important details of the law governing hours and wages, benefits, intellectual property implications, trade union activity, employers associations, workers participation, collective bargaining, industrial disputes, and much more. Building on a clear overview of labour law and labour relations, the book offers practical guidance on which sound preliminary decisions may be based. It will find a ready readership among lawyers representing parties with interests in New Zealand, and academics and researchers will appreciate its value in the study of comparative trends in laws affecting labour and labour relations. About the Author Gordon Anderson is Professor of Law at the Victoria University ofWellington in New Zealand. He received his legal education at the University of Canterbury and has been at Victoria University since 1977. Gordon is a barrister of the High Court of New Zealand. and has been Vice-President for the Asian region of the International Society for Labour and Social Security Law, a member of the Advisory Committee of the Labour Law Research Network and is currently President of the New Zealand Labour Law Association. He is the author of numerous articles on labour law and is one of the authors of Mazengarbs Employment Law, the leading commentary on New Zealand labour law, and (with John Hughes) Employment Law in New Zealand (2014). He is also the author of Reconstructing New Zealands Labour Law: Consensus or Divergence (2011).