Tuesday, 24 March 2026
Early Bird Discount ends 19 Dec 2025
Chair
Shi Sheng Cai, Partner, Ashcroft Mitchell McGregor
Employment Law Roundup
- Policy promises and new law
- A raft of employment law changes have happened or are promised in 2026, and this session will provide more information on this including practical implications for employers
- Key case update
- Gain an update on key recent cases and the impact of these for employers
Presented by Kate Ashcroft, Partner, Copeland Ashcroft Law
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:
- Identify and understand the latest legislative and regulatory changes in NZ employment law
- Apply recent case law developments to workplace policies and employer obligations
Presenters
Shi Sheng Cai, Partner, Ashcroft MitchellMcGregorShi Sheng Cai (Shoosh) is a Partner at Ashcroft Mitchell McGregor and regularly acts for employers to help with immigration matters. He has over 9 years of work experience in the immigration sector including experience in the areas of global mobility, corporate immigration, investor migration and expertise with complex New Zealand immigration matters. Shoosh is a member of the Law Association Immigration Committee and is an author for Thomson Reuters Human Rights Law resource. You will find Shoosh "a great guy to deal with". He enjoys working with government officers and is a critical thinker with an insightful legal mind.
Kate Ashcroft, Partner, CopelandAshcroft Law
Kate specialises in employment and health and safety law and is focused on providing commercially pragmatic, tailored solutions. She acts for employers across a range of industries, delivering strategic, compliance and best-practice advice on non-contentious matters and representing clients in disputes. Her background includes roles with a top-tier national firm, an award-winning national employment boutique, and in-house secondments in both the private and public sectors. Kate regularly delivers training and conference presentations on employment and WHS issues. She is also an experienced independent investigator and holds a certificate in workplace investigations from the Association of Workplace Investigators, the only internationally recognised course of its kind.
