Kelly Thompson

Kelly is a Senior Solicitor in our Litigation and Employment team specialising in employment law and is based out of our Dunedin office.

Kelly studied at University of Otago, and graduated in 2021 with a Bachelor of Laws with Honours. She joined Anderson Lloyd in November 2021 and was admitted to the bar in 2022.

Kelly is a member of the Employment Law Committee and Otago Women Lawyers’ Society.

Publications

• Cabinet gives the greenlight to repeal and replace the Holidays Act 2003
• Can an employee still be made redundant if another employee resigns during the restructure process?
• New rules for producing employment agreements and pay equity reform
• The Government is saying goodbye to the ’30-Day Rule’
• Quick reminder: what’s on the horizon for employment law in 2025?
• Genuine restructure or hidden agenda?
• Wage theft is now a crime
• Balancing privacy and open justice Full Employment Court provides guidance on non-publication orders
• ‘Pay transparency’ bill survives its first reading
• Casual employees can also raise unjustified dismissal claims
• Employment Relations Authority found pregnant employee’s resignation to be a constructive dismissal
• WorkSafe charges Whangārei Boys High School Board over student death
• Employment Court orders High School to pay two former employees $1.79 million
• Worksafe’s brother bother
• What might the election results mean for employment law?
• Code of Conduct for State School Board Members
• Is an employee’s behaviour outside the workplace any of the employer’s business?
• When can an employer pry into an employee’s private life?
• Children’s Act 2014 – Safety Check obligations
• Queen Elizabeth II Memorial Day Bill rushed through Parliament
• The end of the COVID-19 Protection Framework and Government vaccination mandates
• Should the 90-day deadline for raising personal grievances be extended for sexual harassment victims?
• Employment law updates on the horizon
• How protected are your Employees’ disclosures?
• Smiths City awarded over $800,000 after employees found to have acted in competition while employed
• Employing Migrant Workers: The “Accredited Employer Work Visa” Explained