Grant Nicholson on Covid-19 and the law

Peter Bateman

Essential industries remain operating under Level 4 lockdown, while many others are working out how to safely resume operations once NZ moves to Level 3.

Grant Nicholson, a partner with Anthony Harper and a specialist in health & safety, will respond to questions relating to health & safety law in the context of operating in this pandemic environment.

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Thanks Grant. If you wish to respond to his questions above, or to ask one of your own, please do so.

Responses will enter the queue for moderation and potential release to the Forum on Friday morning before the session starts.

Not all responses will necessarily be released to the Forum, depending on the volume of questions, any repetition of the same question, etc.

Peter Bateman

Grant, to what extent does the right to refuse unsafe work still hold? That is, if a worker in an essential industry felt unsafe because of a perceived risk of being exposed to someone with Covid-19, could they declare the work to be unsafe and refuse to do it?

Peter Bateman

Nearing the end of our Q&A hour - get any final questions for Grant in now!

Peter Bateman

Let's wrap it up now. Grant - many thanks for having a crack at this and for your informative responses (and for revealing that it is possible for a lawyer to admit there is work above his or her pay grade, something I never thought possible).

And thanks too to all participants - a good batch of questions to keep Grant on his toes!

Grant Nicholson on Covid-19 and the law

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