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Rebecca Rendle
BA LLB • Auckland
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Rebecca is a senior employment lawyer and a member of the firm’s Board of Management.
She advises on the full range of employment law issues, including restructures, whistleblowing, personal grievances, discrimination matters, restraints of trade, privacy issues, senior executive appointments and departures, and disciplinary and performance processes.
Her work spans many of New Zealand’s major sectors including health, dairy, education, local government, transport and freight, banking, building, and retail, and she has gained further insight through secondments in the banking and construction industries. This enables her to give advice that is commercial and robust.
Rebecca regularly represents clients in mediation and appears before the Employment Relations Authority and Employment Court. She successfully completed the Association of Workplace Investigators Training Institute and is a certificate holder. This means Rebecca is able to undertake robust and impartial workplace investigations and cultural reviews.
She is a trustee of the Fletcher Building Employee Education Fund and contributes to the legal profession as a member of the New Zealand Law Society’s Employment Law Committee and through lobbying for reform of the Holidays Act 2003, reflecting her familiarity with the challenges employers face in applying the legislation.
Chambers Asia-Pacific 2025
Employment
Leading Lawyer
Asia Pacific Legal 500 2026
Labour & Employment
Next Generation Partner
Work Highlights
Personal grievances/Litigation
Fonterra Co-operative Group
· Defended Employment Court claims involving allegations of bullying, discrimination, and unjustified dismissal (Berryman v Fonterra Co‑operative Group Limited).
· Defended unjustified dismissal and reinstatement claims relating to alleged breaches of health and safety and food safety policies (Hakopa v Fonterra Co‑operative Group Limited).
Fisher & Paykel Appliances
· Defended a constructive dismissal claim (Green v Fisher & Paykel Appliances).
Health New Zealand - Te Whatu Ora
· Successfully defended union‑initiated claims seeking to halt large‑scale restructuring processes, including allegations of breaches of good faith and collective agreements (Public Service Association v Health New Zealand).
· Obtained an urgent without‑notice injunction to prevent the unauthorised disclosure of confidential information (Health New Zealand v Young).
· Achieved a strike‑out in the High Court of a judicial review challenge and opposed applications for leave to appeal in the Court of Appeal and Supreme Court (Singh v Auckland District Health Board).
· Successful defended unjustified dismissal claims, including matters involving Counties Manukau (Khatri v Counties Manukau District Health Board; Sun v Te Whatu Ora - Counties Manukau).
Fletcher Distribution Limited
· Successfully defended an application seeking to join Fletcher Building Limited as a controlling third party in proceedings involving one of its subsidiary entities (Jackson & Ors v Fletcher Distribution Limited).
Industrial Relations
Various employer clients
- Advised on collective bargaining strategy and attended bargaining as part of employer bargaining teams.
- Provided urgent advice during strike action, including guidance on replacement labour and communication strategy.
