Kelly Thompson

Kelly is a 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

• 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