With the new Health and Safety at Work Act 2015 now in force, it is a good time to review workplace practices and the roles of its’ people. Following is a brief summary and links to where you can find out more about the details. The aim of the new Act is to improve New Zealand’s woeful health […]
The case background A Wanganui care worker with almost 30 years’ experience was sacked when a frail and elderly man she looked after claimed he felt “unsafe, neglected and scared” by her. The man says the worker, Tuahine Hansen, would order him to make her cups of tea and do housework. Mrs Hansen claims the […]
The Government announced that the adult minimum wage will go up by 50 cents to $15.25 an hour from 1 April 2016. The starting-out and training hourly minimum wages rates will also increase from $11.80 to $12.20 per hour from 1 April 2016.
Paid parental leave will increase from 16 to 18 weeks in April. To be eligible for this increase, the baby must be due or born on or after 1 April 2016. If you have pregnant employees due on or after 1 April, who intend to take parental leave, check they’re aware of the: increase in the […]
This Employment Relations Authority case is based on a sad set of background facts, but demonstrates when an employer can deem a resignation as exactly that. Corrine Tribe had only been working for her employer for four weeks when she was diagnosed with cancer, advised her tongue would need to be removed and other tissue […]
It’s something employers everywhere worry about; an employee uses their customer details and other business information for their own financial gain which also negatively impacts their business. In one case recently the Employment Relations Authority found an employee, Michael Mitchell, had breached his duty of good faith and fidelity to his employer, Nova Energy. Mr […]
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As the clock ticks ever closer to the 4th April 2016, we should all be preparing our farm business models, and educating ourselves and our staff as to how each workplace will meet compliance with the recently passed new Health & Safety law – The Health & Safety at Work Act. Across the whole rural […]
From the 1st April stringent new rules come into force with regards Health & Safety in the Workplace. This is something that affects every business, even our office based business, so you need to make sure you understand the new legislation and take steps to ensure your workplace is a safe environment for you and […]
Each year IRD target a few specific issues relating to tax payer compliance, carrying out investigation and audit activities to recover unpaid tax and penalties. For every $1 spent by Inland Revenue on compliance focus activities they are recovering approximately $8 from non-compliant tax payers. In the next year they will receive a funding boost […]