Penny Shaw Employment Law - Expert Legal Services in Christchurch

Penny Shaw Employment Law is a specialist boutique law firm providing high quality, responsive advice and support to businesses in the areas of Employment Law, Workplace Investigations and Human Resources. Based in Christchurch, the team can provide support or representation anywhere in New Zealand. The firm's philosophy is that the law, if properly utilised, can and does enable employers of all sizes to effectively manage employment relationships and achieve their desired outcomes.

The firm offers comprehensive services including employment disputes and personal grievances, employment agreements and policies, collective bargaining and union issues, redundancies and restructuring, training and mentoring programmes, and workplace investigations. With extensive litigation experience in the Employment Relations Authority, Employment Court and Court of Appeal, the firm provides effective representation at all stages of the process including advice during disciplinary investigations, initial responses to employee claims, and representation at mediation and in the Authority or Court if necessary.

Principal Penny Shaw has over 25 years of experience advising some of New Zealand's largest and highest profile organisations in both the public and private sector on Employment Law and Employment Relations issues. She has developed a high level of technical expertise and an ability to quickly understand the heart of any issue, providing decisive, efficient and customer focused advice. The firm also recognises that Employment Law and Human Resources go hand in hand, offering HR consulting services including policy development, performance management programmes, coaching and training, and retention strategies.