Contact Us When you email us you will receive a confirmation email. Reply to that email with a full timeline of events, and attach any letters you have received from your employer.  If you have been unfairly dismissed we can help you.
If you have just been fired or dismissed and you have no secured future income there are a few steps that you should take immediately to reduce your stress both financially and emotionally. If you have no money in the bank, ring the bank and stop all automatic payments, if there is no money in the bank you could incur fees.
Contact the people that these payments go to and explain your situation.
Contact your landlord and explain your situation.
Book an appointment with your doctor if you are extremely distressed or have any symptoms such as; Difficulty sleeping, anxiety, depression, panic attacks, etc. Please get a letter from your doctor explaining what you have visited him for, this will be added to your case file and will become part of your stress and distress claim.
Contact Work and Income NZ, the sooner you register for unemployment benefits, the sooner you will be eligible for payment. If we achieve compensation for unfair dismissal we will usually settle under a tax-free and tax-exempt section of the act, this will not, in this case, have any effect on your benefit.
Cancel any unnecessary luxuries that will get you further into debt.
Keep any evidence of attempts to look for work, loss of earnings can only be claimed (Unless you are unwell) if you have been actively looking for work.
Contact friends or family for support to help get you through.
Exercise even if you don’t feel like it, you will feel better and exercise will help you think more clearly.