HOW HAS YOUR FAMILY’S INVOLVEMENT IN ECE CHANGED YOUR OUTLOOK ON LIFE? The importance of play for children (and adults) is something that I have learned through ECE – maybe that is why FUN is one of the firm values! Also, through having children of my own I have always found it fascinating that the thing that children want to play with the most is not the lovely beautiful expensive toy but the stick from the garden they use as a drum stick and bang on the pot from the kitchen they have taken from the cupboard while you are cooking dinner. Interestingly this is similar to the law, people do not want the fancy legal opinions and case law references. Yes, they want to know you know your stuff but what they really want is answers and solutions. They want to feel heard (like children) and they want support when they need it (again like children). WHAT LED YOU TO WORKING IN EMPLOYMENT LAW? When I was in high school I was not sure what I wanted to do when I left school. My parents were incredibly insightful and gave me the opportunity to travel to South America for a gap year. I lived in Argentina and that experience totally changed my life. My focus turned to wanting to help people. Despite not knowing exactly how I would do that, I came back and started a law degree at Victoria University of Wellington. I worked in litigation doing civil, family and employment law and I found that employment law often had the most direct impact on improving people’s lives so after 5 years of working in a range of litigation areas, I specialised in employment law. WHAT DO YOU FIND MOST REWARDING ABOUT YOUR ROLE/CAREER? It is always an immense privilege to support employer and employee clients through employment law situations. Employers’ businesses change by addressing issues enabling them to focus on their core business and do what they were passionate about. “This is similar to the law, people do not want the fancy legal opinions and case law references. Yes, they want to know you know your stuff but what they really want is answers and solutions. They want to feel heard (like children) and they want support when they need it (again like children).” – Caro Rieger { 20 } December 2022 December 2022 { 20 }
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