Employment Practises/Employment Disputes

Employment Practises/ Employment Disputes cover protects employers for damages incurred from claims made by current, former or future employees for an alleged breach of an employment agreement, the Privacy Act and/or the Human Rights Act, as well as the cost of defending such actions.

Coverage is provided for:

  • Compensation for intangible loss, such as humiliation or loss of future prospects of employment (but not remuneration)
  • Compensation for most breaches of an employment contract, and also certain breaches of the Privacy Act 1993 and Human Rights Act 1993
  • The costs incurred in defending injunctions or orders restraining employers from initiating dismissal or other disciplinary procedures
  • Defence costs, fines and penalties arising out of breach of certain compliance provisions of the Employment Relations Act 2000

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