Employers should provide guidelines and training to ensure that employees can respond to all consumers, including trolls.

This changing media landscape covers social media, entertainment, advertising, broadcasting, digital and analogue media.

In September 2020, New Zealand's Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) released guidance in relation to "Influencer" advertising. In broad terms, Influencers are individuals who have a following...

A recent determinatoin suggests that perhaps even obvious principles benefit from being re-stated from time to time.

Employers should try to maintain a good employment relationship (both during employment and as it comes to an end).

The NZ Employment Bulletin is designed to keep you up to date and informed on the latest legal developments and legislative changes in workplace relations and employment.

These large networks of social media can allow inappropriate communications to go "viral", or spread very quickly.

While these features are not yet available in New Zealand, it is expected to only be a matter of time before they arrive.

The Act will affect employers and employees engaging in or receiving harmful digital communications, or cyber bullying.

Many internet users still do not realise that once material is posted online, it is very easy to lose 'control' of it.

Yahoo! was fined for contempt of court, for an online news article which caused a Melbourne murder trial to be aborted.

Employers should ensure their organisation adapts to new technology so as to avoid risks from an employment perspective.

Employers should develop a clear social media policy to regulate the use of TikTok and other applications in worktime.

NZ trade mark ownership really hinges on whether you directed your use of the trade mark to the New Zealand public.

Businesses must monitor social media pages to ensure that users do not publish false, misleading or deceptive comments.

The article discusses proposed changes to the Employment Relations Act and a recent case involving the use of Facebook.

This Financial Markets Authority announcement has put NZ at the forefront of a worldwide equity crowd funding movement.

If children cannot move between homes, the Court would expect indirect contact, such as phone or social media messaging.

This article looks at the pros and cons of employee internet access and what can be done to develop a policy around it.

The Act aims to curb cyberbullying, damaging electronic communications spread by emails, texts or social media posts.