Understand the types of leave available There are several types of leave available to staff, these are on the change and you should ensure you are providing these minimum entitlements.
The Employment Relations Act (ERA) provides a legal framework with rules and basic entitlements when it comes to employees and employers. It also sets out penalties and ways of resolving
Remove the stigma and barriers There are basic rights for leave and flexible working arrangements in NZ employment law for employees, we’ll go over those and some other ideas to
Hiring? If you’re expanding your business or replacing an employee this is the blog for you. This blog contains some insights in the pre-employmnet process which, if done right, can
What are the rules? People get hurt & suffer illnesses, sadly that’s part of life. Hopefully genuine cases will be given compassion and support to ensure employees early return to
Minimum Wage Is set to increase on 1 April 2021 to: $20.00 an hour for the adult minimum wage, $16.00 an hour for both the starting-out and training wage. Holidays
Employers rights and obligations February 2021 marked the start of New Zealands Covid-19 vaccine roll-out. Covid-19 vaccinations – can I make it mandatory? What employers need to know: You can’t
On 28 June 2020, The Employment Relations Act took a new piece of law under its wing – Triangular Employment. This will have a massive effect on the way you
A bit of history. Often, I come across someone who refers to the Employment Tribunal or Arbitration, and I think wow that’s going back a fair while in our history.
It’s common for employers to get unstuck on how to tackle performance issues and disciplinary issues – it’s no easy feat! Whilst I always encourage employers to seek advice from
In case you weren’t in my webinars during the first lockdown back in March/ April 2020 I thought I’d write a blog on Force Majeure and Frustration of Contract. Force
In this blog, I’m going to cover your core obligations for restructuring and redundancy processes. Let’s address the possible elephant in the room – what are staff entitled to when
