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Toil & Trouble
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Employment relationship wider, broader than a business contract

A new decision from the Court underlines how a strictly contractual approach to interpreting employment agreements no longer cuts the mustard.

WATCH: Tompkins Wake partner Daniel Erickson speaks with Dita De Boni.

Dita De Boni Fri, 24 Nov 2023

An employment relationship is not a commercial relationship or business contract – and the clue is in name of the Act that governs these arrangements, the Employment Relations Act.

Consider the broader employment relationship rather than just taking a strict contractual approach to employment

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Dita De Boni Fri, 24 Nov 2023
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