Burton Employment Lawyers | Specialist Employment Law & Workplace Solutions

Burton Law is a specialist employment law practice led by David Burton, a barrister with over 30 years of experience in New Zealand and overseas. The firm provides expert legal services in all aspects of employment law, with a particular focus on representing employers in both the private and public sectors.

Based in Wellington and the Wairarapa, the practice offers comprehensive employment law services including handling employment relationship problems, performance management issues, employment agreements, collective bargaining, workplace investigations, restructuring and redundancy processes, and employment law compliance. David Burton brings significant expertise from his previous role as partner at one of the first eleven law firms approved to provide employment law services to the New Zealand Government.

The firm represents clients before all employment institutions including mediation services, the Employment Relations Authority and the Employment Court. While primarily focused on employer clients, Burton Law also provides representation and advice to individual employees to help them understand their rights and obligations in employment matters.