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Psychological harm includes bullying, harassment or work induced stress that is unreasonable, repeated and has the potential to cause serious mental harm. Given mental harm is typically invisible, this area is open to spurious claims. On the other hand, many employers can’t see thus don’t deal with mental harm.

The case of Maritime NZ v Anthony Michael Gibson, 2024, which resulted in a $130,000 fine and $60,000 in costs against the CEO of the Ports of Auckland, gained attention for the size of the fine. The judgement also contained some timely advice on due diligence.  In short: First – get out of your seat,…

We are often asked why people take risks – and what can be done about it? To consider solutions we need to understand the cause. There are books on the subject, but the need is for something succinct so we have put together our thinking on why people take risks. It is starting point for…