Advocates
who fight for workers only.

All workers in New Zealand have rights. We are here to help you enforce your rights.

Problems in the workplace can be stressful. Advocates and employment lawyers are sometimes too expensive to engage for day-to-day issues so they often go unresolved.

At the Worker's Advocate, we aim to keep costs affordable.

Our area of expertise

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Breach of Contract/Breach of Employment Agreement

We are highly familiar with the relevant legislation including the Employment Relations Act 2000, Minimum Wage 1983, Holidays Act 2003, Wages Protection Act 1983, and the Health and Safety at Work Act 2015. READ MORE

Disputes

Disputes over the meaning of the terms of your employment agreement. Some common disputes concern: fixed term agreements, trial periods, the meaning of probation, casual versus permanent employment, training pay, and contractor versus employee.

Representing Employees

We have experience defending employees for allegations of both minor and serious misconduct. Some allegations which we have successfully defended in the past.

Migrant Exploitation

If you are working on a temporary visa, or without a proper visa and you are not receiving your minimum statutory entitlements, you have a claim and should contact us immediately.

Bargaining

We can review your employment agreement and help you bargain with your
employer for better terms and conditions. We have experience bargaining over collective agreements, individual employment agreements, redundancies, exit packages, and other types of settlement.

Sham Fixed Term Employment Agreements

We review fixed term employment agreements to make sure that they are genuine and consistent with the Employment Relations Act 2000. We can also help you assert that you are a permanent employee.

Personal Grievances

We help you raise grievances for unfair, unreasonable and unjustifiable actions taken by employers. Some common grievances which we have dealt with include those concerning: unjustified warnings, suspensions, and dismissal, constructive dismissal, discrimination.

Darleen Tana: Green Party asks its under-fire MP to quit Parliament Read 1News Article
'Call me daddy': Bar manager claims underpayment and harassment at iconic Auckland rainbow bar Read Stuff Article
Sham rolling contracts put workers in ‘perpetual state of uncertainty Read newsroom Article
Cleaning boss who refuses to pay wages claims she's being treated unfairly Read Stuff Article
Can't pay, or won't pay? How a cleaning boss has dodged a $120,000 wages bill for three years Read Stuff Article
The body meant to resolve employer-employee disputes has huge backlog of cases with long delays common Read Stuff Article
Mediation services facing long delays post-Covid, slowing justice for aggrieved workers Read Stuff Article
UFB worker attempts to put Chorus on spot amid boost for mooted class action lawsuit Read Stuff Article
One year after taking his case for unpaid wages, Anil Verma has been awarded $75,000 Read Stuff Article
Auckland cleaning firm operating through Groupon, GrabOne to pay at least $123,700 to workers Read Stuff Article

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Advocates who fight for workers only.

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Media interviews & Some of our notable cases in the news

Advocates
who fight for workers only.

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中文
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