Testing times: the biggest employment law headaches of 2022

Testing times: the biggest employment law headaches of 2022
Simpson Grierson employment partner Rebecca Rendle. (Photo: supplied)
Michael Andrew
Employment lawyers are expected to have their plates piled high with work this year as 2021’s tectonic shifts in workplace policy and covid-19 legislation continue to ripple out.That means employers will be kept busy staying vigilant and making sure they don’t wade into expensive and litigious territory.Simpson Grierson employment partner Rebecca Rendle said covid-19 vaccination issues will be the biggest bane of employers, many of whom will be grappling with revised workplace risk assessments in the face of omicron.She said there c...

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