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EMA Legal regularly represents clients from its member organisations in a wide range of workplace and public disputes, in jurisdictions ranging from the Employment Relations Authority to the Supreme Court.

One of our key clients is Business New Zealand, this means we are often at the cutting edge of new employment law issues. We have represented employers’ interests in significant, precedent-creating cases in the Employment Court, Court of Appeal and Supreme Court. Cases include:

• Bryson v Three Foot Six (Supreme Court; contractor/employee status in the film industry)
• PSA v Southland Regional Council (Employment Court; union membership and the Privacy Act)
• Firefighters Union v Chief Executive NZ Fire Service (Employment Court, application of Holidays Act provision for time and a half)
• Epic Packaging v EPMU (Employment Court; initiation of MECAs)
• Christchurch City Council v SLGOU (Supreme Court; communication during collective bargaining).
• Tramways v Stagecoach (Court of Appeal, fifth week of annual holidays)
• Air New Zealand v V (dismissal justification)

Further information about these cases is available upon request.

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