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Personal Grievance

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Get Legal Advice If You Are An Employee & Have A Personal Grievance Claim

A formal complaint about unfair treatment such as dismissal, disadvantage, harassment, or discrimination.

What Is a Personal Grievance?

A formal complaint about unfair treatment such as dismissal, disadvantage, harassment, or discrimination.
It’s your legal way to hold your employer accountable and seek remedies.

Why Does It Matter?

It’s your legal way to hold your employer accountable and seek remedies.
- A written complaint - Raised within 90 days - Employer must respond

What a Personal Grievance Looks Like

– A written complaint – Raised within 90 days – Employer must respond
- Start with your employer - If unresolved, a lawyer or MBIE mediation

Who Do I Report It To?

– Start with your employer – If unresolved, a lawyer or MBIE mediation
- Record facts, not just feelings - Save messages and emails - Stay professional in communications

Keeping Yourself Safe

– Record facts, not just feelings – Save messages and emails – Stay professional in communications
- You still have the right to lodge a grievance - A lawyer strengthens your case

What If They Don’t Believe Me?

– You still have the right to lodge a grievance – A lawyer strengthens your case
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If you have been unfairly treated by your employer, you might want to raise a personal grievance claim.

A personal grievance is a claim that an employee can bring against their employer if they believe that the employer has acted unfairly or unreasonably towards them. The most common reasons that employees raise personal grievances are unjustified dismissal, workplace bullying, discrimination, sexual harassment and unjustifiable disadvantage. The employee has 90 days after the unjustifiable action happened to raise a personal grievance, so it is a strict process that needs to be followed by the employee. Get legal support from Resolve Legal to ensure you perform the process in the right way!

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Our Case Process

We start by establishing the facts, identifying the issue and explaining the legal bits so we can get started on solving your employment problem. We want you to have peace of mind from the beginning of your journey with us.

Detailed Planning

We start by establishing the facts, identifying the issue and explaining the legal bits so we can get started on solving your employment problem. We want you to have peace of mind from the beginning of your journey with us.
Next, we discuss your expectations and any risks we think you are facing, evaluate all evidence and prepare an action plan so you get the best outcomes. We prepare you for what’s to come and what you can expect.

Consultation

Next, we discuss your expectations and any risks we think you are facing, evaluate all evidence and prepare an action plan so you get the best outcomes. We prepare you for what’s to come and what you can expect.
In the last part of our process, we prepare you for attending any meetings and complete the outcome as cleanly and as quickly as we can. We strive to protect our clients and get you the best results.

Settlement

In the last part of our process, we prepare you for attending any meetings and complete the outcome as cleanly and as quickly as we can. We strive to protect our clients and get you the best results.
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If you have experienced unfairness in your workplace against you, it is essential that you have a professional behind you who can support you through this challenging situation.

At Resolve Legal, we have helped multiple employees solve their workplace disputes and discuss and negotiate a successful outcome with their employers. Most of the time, the personal grievance claim ends in reaching an agreement between the two parties as a result of these. However, if the parties cannot agree, the dispute will lead to a mediation to reach an agreement.

We advise seeking legal advice before raising a personal grievance, as the process can be complicated to understand and perform as an individual. At Resolve Legal, we ensure that your personal grievance matter is settled quickly and gets you the outcome that you were looking for. We will support you legally when you go through such a difficult situation in your workplace.

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