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There is a lot of information out there on this subject, but first and foremost, this is a time to demonstrate you care for your people.  As a good employer that’s the compassionate approach if your business circumstances permit, but it will also demonstrate your commitment to your people and provide them with reasons to remain in your business in a tight labour market.

The Screen Industry Workers Act (SIWA) will come into force on 30 December 2022. In contrast to the Employment Relations Act 2000, SIWA provides a structure enabling workers who are contractors to bar...

The so called ‘Secure Jobs, Better Pay Bill’ to amend the Fair Work Act has passed both houses of Parliament. Employers are concerned the Bill has been rushed through and will not improve productivity...

What are the Public Holidays? The answer to that question will vary, depending on the individual employee’s work pattern.

Today is a significant day with the release of the Employment Court decision that four Uber drivers are in fact employees; and the Committee of the Whole House debating the Fair Pay Agreements Bill.

In response to pressure from unions about the current cost of living crisis, Te Kawa Mataaho (Public Service Commission) is engaging in a process with Public Sector unions to reach agreement on a Public Sector Pay Adjustment (PSPA).

The Select Committee has reported back on the Bill.  The Bill has its Second Reading on 18 October and if passed most of the Bill would come into force one month after Royal Assent.  At the current rate of progress, the Bill is expected to be passed before the end of the year, with the first FPA being in place in the first half of 2023. 

Helen White’s Employment Relations (Restraint of Trade) Amendment Bill was drawn from the ballot box on 22 September and is awaiting its first reading. If passed in its current form the Bill would sev...

Now that the traffic light system has been removed and other changes implemented, questions arise as to whether an employer can maintain a policy requiring staff to be fully vaccinated, wear masks, or...

In E Tū Incorporated v Carter Holt Harvey LVL Limited [[2022] NZEmpC 141; 15/08/22; Holden J] the Court found that CHH unlawfully required employees to take annual holidays during the 2020 lockdown.

The long-held view that an employer should not rely on a ‘heat of the moment’ resignation but allow the employee the opportunity to ‘cool off’ and reconsider their position, has been over-turned by a ...