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Our acid-test on the state of the economy is the balance between how much recruitment and redundancy we are involved with. The great news is that the scales currently seem pretty balanced and there’s lots of discussion in the middle ground. How to get the best out of your team
Productive and engaged employees drive competitive advantage in all organisations, but having a healthy team is especially important in small businesses. Research suggests that a healthy workforce improves company productivity by: Attracting superior quality staff Reducing the rate of absenteeism and time lost Enhancing on-the-job time utilization, and decision making
Would you usually make a $100k expenditure decision without getting professional advice? For most of us the answer is a firm no. But $100k is the absolute minimum any recruitment decision will cost you. Attracting and retaining the right people is crucial to any successful business. Let HRtoolkit show you
This week, we have some advice on what to do if you find yourself in the unfortunate position of needing to end an employment relationship under the trial period legislation. Many employment issues that have developed into serious employment problems, could have been avoided by taking a ‘no surprises’ approach
At HRtoolkit, we met a client with an employee who shouted and intimidated another team member. It was an obvious situation of bullying, but the stories about this guy were legend. Evidently, a colleague was so scared after one encounter, that he hid in the local police station to get
At HRtoolkit, we frequently hear that it’s almost impossible to discipline staff in New Zealand. This is an absolute myth as there are only three legal requirements for a successful dismissal process: Invite your employee to a meeting Let your employee know that you want to speak to them, this
Dealing with an employee on sick leave or ACC with an uncertain prognosis of recovery can be frustrating for everyone. And however much you may want to, it may be impossible to keep your employee’s job open indefinitely. There is a point where it may be essential for your business
When considering a discipline or grievance issue, what is a fair and reasonable decision? 1. Did you investigate the issue? 2. Did your employee understand the consequence of their actions? 3. Did you give your employee a reasonable opportunity to respond? 4. Did you genuinely consider what your employee had
With winter upon us, we thought some advice on how to deal with genuine, but regular sick leave might come in handy. Blatant abuse of sick leave is generally easy to deal with through the disciplinary process, but someone who has frequent, genuine sick-days is more difficult to manage. Frequent
As kiwi homeowners spend millions fixing P-contaminated homes, drug and alcohol testing is becoming a hot-topic with employers. Methamphetamine is being detected in an increasing proportion of failed workplace drug tests in New Zealand. And the costs to our economy aren’t just the clean-up operations, but also health problems including
