Discussion of the territorial scope of the New Zealand Wages Protection Act in Mehta v Elliot (Labour Inspector). The authors argue that the territorial scope of all New Zealand statutes should be addressed by Parliament as a matter of course. As Judge Colgan pointed out in Mehta, this issue...

The paper analyses the arbitration of dismissal disputes by Australian labour courts over a 15 years' time span characterized by two major legal reforms to unfair dismissal statutes. We isolate two channels by which we think the social values of the Federal government affected the decisions of...

The paper analyses the arbitration of dismissal disputes by Australian labour courts over a 15 years' time span characterized by two major legal reforms to unfair dismissal statutes. We isolate two channels by which we think the social values of the Federal government affected the decisions of...

Seit Bestehen des Kuendigungsschutzgesetzes wird in Politik, Gesellschaft und Wirtschaft ueber seine potenziellen Auswirkungen auf den Arbeitsmarkt und die Beschaeftigung diskutiert. Das Kernstueck und zugleich den zentralen Streitpunkt bei einer Vielzahl betriebsbedingter Kuendigungen bilden...

This article summarizes in detail all decisions of the Supreme Court of the United States from its October 2018 Term (2018-2019) that affect employment law, labor relations, employment arbitration and the employment relationship generally. The article also provides commentary on each of the...

The emergence of social media, from Facebook to Myspace and Linkedin to Twitter - much like the earlier evolution of email, IM and web 2.0 - have changed communications, expanding the virtual horizons for social networking and business promotion on these popular communications platforms....

Hoffman Plastics, the poster child of immigration gone wrong, is popularly viewed as a case that imposed penalties unique to immigrant workers. The Supreme Court decision in Hoffman Plastics can relieve an employer that illegally fires an undocumented worker from owing back pay for violations of...

This article, the author's longstanding annual review of the Supreme Court's work in the employment area, examines in detail every decision of the 2015-2016 term relating to employment and labor law, with commentary on each case and additional observations about the Court's work in this term and...

There are two approaches to employer bullying in the Canadian common law of employment. One approach treats it as a breach of an implied term of the employment contract requiring fair dealing (repudiation by breach of contract, or RBB). The other treats it as a repudiation of contract without...