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NB this article is equally applicable to employees and Independent Contractors Restraints of trade definitely have a bad reputation as being unenforceable, and I have heard many horror stories of salon operatives setting up shop in the immediate vicinity and nobbling your client base. However, the good news is that
Skiving off work, can take many forms. There are the easily recognisable moments in a working day when you know employees are not technically working – often termed ‘ low level’ skiving. Then there is the more problematic ‘presenteeism,’ where people show up to work, but are not engaged and
January saw great headlines about the end to trial periods and return of the workers right. But since then there has been radio silence, so what is actually happening? Where is the Bill? The Employment Relations Amendment Bill has been put before parliament. However, it is still with the Select
If you are a company with less than 20 employees – there is no change. You are able to continue using the 90 day trial period with confidence, with one note of censure – your 90 day trial period clause must be compliant with the latest legislation. Unfortunately, we have
As of 6 May 2019, rest and meal breaks are to be more prescriptive. These are to be agreed between the employer and the employee. Where these rest and meal breaks cannot be agreed then the breaks will be in the middle of the work period (so long as it
Obviously, Auckland is back up to Level 3, and the rest of the country is at Level 2 as of midday today (12th August 2020). So the question being asked is do I have to pay people for the next 3 days? To help you work this out you need
As of 12 noon on the 12th August Auckland went back to Level 3 restrictions and the rest of NZ went to Level 2. Sadly, the reality is that the likelihood of further outbreaks in the future is high, and the level of government subsidy that will be available will
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 about 3 times the rate of inflation over the same period, and this rate of increase is liable to
Bonus schemes can be great, but poorly designed schemed can create in-advertant and sometimes catastrophic consequences
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 actually only being talked about or proposed. So, this newsletter tries to lay out the current status and give
