Tuesday, 26 August 2025
Chair
Megan Vant, Special Counsel, Dundas Street Employment Lawyers
Distinguishing it Correctly: Is it Poor Performance or Misconduct?
- An overview: poor performance, misconduct, and serious misconduct
- Practical implications of understanding the difference: managing poor performance vs managing misconduct
- A practical exercise: exploring the difference with real world case examples
Presented by Allanah Leerdam, Special Counsel, Jennifer Mills & Associates
*Original Content was created in November 2024
Description
Attend and earn 1 CPD hour
* This interactive online recording includes questions and quizzes requiring critical thinking about the topics, so you have no annual limits to the number of points/hours you can claim with this format of learning. Please verify with your CPD rules
Learning Objectives:
- Learn how to distinguish between poor performance and misconduct
- Apply appropriate management strategies depending on the type of issue
Presenters
Megan Vant, Special Counsel, Dundas Street Employment LawyersMegan is a highly skilled and intelligent lawyer, specialising in employment law. She has significant experience acting for both employers and employees and is well versed in the legislation affecting the application of employment law. She builds strong relationships with clients and takes a pragmatic and solutions focused approach, successfully navigating complex issues. Her advice is both academic and straightforward, ensuring that the law is understood and applied in a manner that is practical and strategic for her clients. Megan is nationally recognised as a leading authority in New Zealand in the areas of pay equity and equal pay and has represented clients in leading edge litigation in this novel area of law. She has been with Dundas Street Employment Lawyers since the firm was established in 2013 and also has experience working in-house in both central and local government.
Allanah Leerdam, Special Counsel, Jennifer Mills & Associates
Allanah is a specialist employment, immigration and health and safety lawyer at the boutique law firm Jennifer Mills & Associates. Prior to this, Allanah worked as a Prosecutor with the New Zealand Police, based in Counties Manukau, where she was in court most days. At Jennifer Mills & Associates, Allanah acts on behalf of, and provides advice to individuals, small and medium-sized businesses, as well as large corporates. She provides advice on a range of employment matters, and has a particular interest in advocacy and dispute resolution.
