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Valued at $430 + GST, you get both webinars for just $387 + GST. 

Employment Law Series 2025 – Part 1 - Hiring and Agreements

Thurs 10 April, 10:30 - 12:00 PM

Drafting employment agreements and job descriptions for new staff

Preparing employment agreements and job descriptions are tricky tasks, essential for every employment relationship.

Get your employment agreements and job descriptions right from the start.  Designed for both employers and professional advisors, this webinar covers key legal obligations at the beginning of an employment relationship.

Learn how to draft employment agreements that comply with the law and serve to protect company property, confidential information, and workplace stability.

Avoid common pitfalls in individual employment agreements, so you hire with confidence.

We will cover the legal requirements for employment agreements and guide you through drafting a letter of offer, job descriptions, and person profiles.

Key takeaways:

• What to consider when preparing employment agreements
• Essential legal clauses and optional protections for company assets
• Tips for professional advisors on gathering key client information
• How to draft clauses on that protect an employer’s interests, including 90-day trials, notice periods, grounds for termination, and restraint of trade clauses
• How to ensure legal compliance, including availability provisions and bonding and training agreements
• How to prepare a letter of offer, job descriptions, and person profiles

Join us for expert insights on drafting employment agreements that meet legal requirements and protect your business.

LEARNING OUTCOMES

This webinar will give you useful tips for preparing documents for new employees, including:

• Different types of employment relationships
• Dealing with fixed-term and casual arrangements
• Mandatory clauses required by law
• Drafting optional clauses that protect company property and confidential information
• Drafting clauses for employers on: Availability provisions, Conditions of employment, Drug and alcohol testing, Grounds for Termination, Notice, Bonding and Training, and Restraint of trade
• Preparing letters of offer, job descriptions and person profiles
• Reviewing and updating employment agreements

SUITED TO

This webinar is a practical guide for employers, employment law practitioners, professional advisors, accountants, lawyers, HR professionals, administrators and managers responsible for preparing individual employment agreements.

Ideal for those in their first five years of practice or new to employment law, this webinar also serves as a refresher for experienced professionals.

PRESENTER

Julia Shallcrass, Director, KiwiBoss Ltd

Julia is an employment lawyer who specializes in legal education. As director of KiwiBoss, she delivers inhouse training and consulting on people management, employment law compliance, and privacy law to help businesses create better workplaces. Julia regularly delivers training through the Human Resources Institute of New Zealand (HRINZ), and this year will also present public courses and inhouse training directly through KiwiBoss, she has also lectured in human resources for tertiary institutions. Julia is an employment columnist for the NZ Herald.

 

Employment Law Series 2025 – Part 2 - Managing Disiplinary Issues and Terminations

Wed 30 April, 2:30 - 4:00 PM

Confidently manage formal disciplinary processes, terminations, and employment relationship challenges

Many employers will need to manage problems like poor performers, misconduct, or medical incapacity at some stage.

Navigating these processes can be complex, but following the correct legal steps is critical to avoiding costly mistakes.

This webinar will equip you with the knowledge and practical strategies to handle disciplinary issues and terminations lawfully and effectively.

Learn how to manage common challenges like poor performance, misconduct, and medical incapacity, while ensuring compliance with employment law.

Discover the correct procedures for issuing warnings, conducting disciplinary processes, and making legally sound termination decisions.

Gain insights into managing employment relationship problems through the complaints and grievance process.

Key Takeaways include:

• Employer’s duties: good faith and the test of justification
• Managing poor performance through formal processes
• Differentiating between poor performance and misconduct
• Investigating misconduct, including external investigations
• Conducting fair disciplinary processes and dismissals
• Managing medical incompatibility and frequent absenteeism
• Giving notice and ending employment
• Resolving employment relationship problems and personal grievances

LEARNING OUTCOMES

This webinar equips you with practical tools to navigate formal employment processes and resolve workplace issues effectively, including:

• Employer obligations when managing employment matters
• Handling formal performance management processes
• Conducting disciplinary investigations and dismissals
• Managing medical incapacity cases
• Giving notice and ending employment correctly
• Resolving employment relationship problems and personal grievances

SUITED TO

This webinar is a practical guide for new employment law practitioners, accountants, lawyers, HR professionals, and managers responsible for leading teams or advising clients on employment matters.

Ideal for those in their first five years of practice or new to employment law, it also serves as a valuable refresher for experienced professionals.

PRESENTER

Julia Shallcrass, Director, KiwiBoss Ltd

Julia is an employment lawyer who specializes in legal education. As director of KiwiBoss, she delivers inhouse training and consulting on people management, employment law compliance, and privacy law to help businesses create better workplaces. Julia regularly delivers training through the Human Resources Institute of New Zealand (HRINZ), and this year will also present public courses and inhouse training directly through KiwiBoss, she has also lectured in human resources for tertiary institutions. Julia is an employment columnist for the NZ Herald.

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