Uni fields HR complaints from law school

The University of Auckland declined to provide the full results of a survey of law school staff. (Image: Getty)

Thu, 02 Nov 2023

Auckland Law School staff have laid six formal complaints with HR since 2019, including two personal grievance complaints.BusinessDesk requested the information from the University of Auckland under the Official Information Act (OIA) after being leaked a summary of a workplace survey that recorded a significant discrepancy between professional (administrative and other), and academic staff at the law school. The survey, which was carried out in March, asked staff to provide a score against 18 quantitative questions, covering areas such as...

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