As a business owner, you have a legal obligation to: Provide a safe working environmentAct in good faith in the best interests of your company Irrespective of which side of the vaccination...
Do I have to have a No Jab No Job policy?
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Can I mandate compulsory vaccines?
Back in April, I sent a newsletter advising that you can’t make it compulsory for someone to have a COVID Vaccination. This advice has NOT changed. However, the acceptance...
Consult, Consult, Consult
Well, we are back at level 4 and everything crossed that the go hard, go fast approach will keep delta contained, and Lockdown short.What have we learnt from last year?Obviously, when we...
Do I need to update my employment agreement with change in sick leave?
With the increase in sick leave taking effect this week, and a large volume of case law changes, and proposed further changes in legislation I have taken this opportunity to do a major...
Fact and Fiction about Employment law changes June 2021
Whatever your political views on the speed and extent of the changes in legislation currently being proposed there is quick a lot of mis-information about what is happening and what is...
Don’t recruit Mini-Me!
Would you make a $130K expenditure decision without doing your research? For most of us (who plan to stay in business), the answer will be no.As an absolute minimum, any recruitment...
Can you make COVID Vaccinations Compulsory
No, you can’t make this compulsory. Under the NZ Bill of Rights Act 1990 everyone has the right to refuse to undergo medical treatment. However, and this is where It gets more...
Yippee, its bonus time
We all love a bonus, so they are a fantastic motivational tool. Often giving a far greater return on effort than is necessarily commensurate with the actual monetary value...
Managing sick leave – Skivitis or Genuine, how do you deal with it?
Managing sick leave so you don’t get caught out if the law changes There is currently a Bill before the Select Committee to increase the amount of employer funded sick leave to 10...
Minimum wage up 31%, how do you incentivise higher paid staff?
Minimum wage is increasing to $20 per hour with effect from 1 April 2021 which represents another 5.8% increase, or a 31.1% increase over the last 5 years. Unfortunately, this is...
5 Steps in the disciplinary Process
Hi Guys Just before we get into the next steps in escalating into the disciplinary process, don’t forget, if you are planning to do a shutdown this Christmas you need to give your team 14...
Is your Internal Brand on track for 2021?
Hi Guys Wow, 2020 has been a year, and give yourselves a huge pat on the back, you have survived, so let’s look to 2021 and how we can thrive. But, before we get into that don’t forget, if...
