ELINZ is a group of employment law practitioners (lawyers and advocates) who are working together to improve the quality of employment law services provided to the public (employers and employees) and to support our members to be the best they can be.

One of our key goals is to work with our government to become the regulating body for employment law advocates in New Zealand.  We believe this will improve the overall quality of services provided by our members to members of the public, which will have flow-on benefits for public confidence and for the industry as a whole.

The Employment Law Institute of New Zealand was founded in 1995 to promote and enhance professional standards of employment law advocacy.

The Employment Law Institute of New Zealand, Represents Employment Law Professionals Nationwide

The Employment Law Institute of New Zealand Inc was founded in 1995 by a group of like-minded individuals including retired judges, barristers, solicitors, employment law- and industrial relations- consultants, a law lecturer and employment law advocates.

ELINZ’s guiding principle is to promote and enhance professional standards of employment law advocacy.

Our members consist of Barristers Sole, practising Barristers & Solicitors, enrolled Barristers & Solicitors, Consultants, Advocates, Arbitrators, Mediators and others involved in employment law advice and advocacy.  Our members are experienced employment law practitioners who regularly represent clients (employers and employees) before the Employment Court, the Employment Relations Authority or the Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment’s Mediation Service.

ELINZ members are bound by the ELINZ Code of Conduct and aspire to best practice standards.

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