Business Updates Newsletter
14 Jul 2025 | Employment Relations Amendment Bill is hereParental Leave IRD Payments IncreasingForcing Staff To Start Parental Leave EarlyElectronic Signing in the Employers Toolbox |
13 Jun 2025 | KiwiSaver changes for EmployersEmployer Record KeepingA short refresh on the issues around “availability” clauses.Maintaining accurate staff records |
12 May 2025 | Government Amending Pay Equity Law Under Urgency Increased Employer Obligations with Employment AgreementsGovernment Wants Living Wage Scrapped for TendersCollective Agreements 30-Day Rule To Be Scrapped |
07 Apr 2025 | New Law: ‘Employer Wage Theft’ now a Criminal OffenceDispute ResolutionGovernment announces Health & Safety changes |
19 Feb 2025 | Proposed Employment Updates and Legislative Changes for 2025Court Considers Availability Issues & ‘Reasonable Compensation’ in NZDF CaseCrack-down Continues for Non-compliant EmployersEmployers Toolbox Health & Safety Training Revalidation |
16 Dec 2024 | Merry Xmas from the Team at Employers AssistanceMinimum Wage Rate in 2025Public Holidays 2024/5The Office Xmas PartyEmployment Law Changes in Employer Favour – No Remedies for Bad Behaviour Employers Toolbox Feature - Departments |
25 Nov 2024 | Employment Relations (Termination of Employment by Agreement) Amendment BillRules for Annual ClosedownsCheck your pre-employment process |
07 Oct 2024 | Waiving a 90 Day Trial PeriodIncoming Certainty for Contractor EngagementsSelling your business - When to tell staffAsbestos in the Workplace |
02 Sep 2024 | Uber has employeesHaving staff on ACCNew roadside drug testing legislation4 Quad bike deaths in 2 weeksEmployers Toolbox Feature Review - The Library |
22 Jul 2024 | Payment For Annual Leave After Parental LeaveHealth & Safety reforms comingCompliance Orders from the ERA |
03 Jun 2024 | Government Seeking Feedback from Businesses on Holidays Act ChangesDismissing Temps Roadside Drug Testing ComingCurrent Proposed Bills in ParliamentTimeframes to raise grievances |
21 Apr 2024 | Updated Employment AgreementsNotice Period Issues – Contractual Mechanisms & Protections for EmployersChanges to the Accredited Employer Work Visa (AEWV)Early Childhood Education red tape to lessenEmployers Toolbox Visitor Portal Feature Review |
17 Mar 2024 | Daylight Saving EndsNew record high ERA penaltiesGetting Redundancy RightGovernment commits to Holidays Act and Health & Safety amendmentsUsing document storage in the Employers Toolbox |
16 Feb 2024 | Abandonment of EmploymentBuilding Apprentice Unjustifiably Dismissed Following Incident with a Nail GunCan't hide behind a TrustEmployers Toolbox Incident Reporting |
23 Jan 2024 | Latest News Jan 2024Understanding Fixed Term Employment AgreementsCovid-19 and the Workplace – What are the Rules Now? Easter Trading Restrictions To End?Pre-employment questionnaires in Employers Toolbox |
05 Dec 2023 | Coalition Deal Reached – Business Confidence UpThe Company Xmas PartyPublic Holiday Xmas Dates 2023 |
12 Nov 2023 | Staff After Hours AvailabilityChallenging ACC Decisions – Work-related Personal InjuriesProposed KiwiSaver changes BillPublic Holiday Xmas dates 2023Reminder - No 90 Day Trials for migrant workers |
04 Oct 2023 | 90 Day Trials Soon No Longer Valid For Migrant WorkersAllowing Employees Time off to VoteIncreased wages and sick leave rights for RSE workersIncreased Legal Protections Against Migrant Worker ExploitationHiding the Vax Track on Employers Toolbox |
01 Sep 2023 | Drug & Alcohol Policy EnforcementCOVID-19 Wage Subsidy AbuseRestraints Of Trade To Be RestrainedEmployers Toolbox Multi-Factor Login Authentication |
02 Aug 2023 | Dodgy Medical CertificatesNew Rules around Health & Safety RepresentativesModern SlaveryDiscriminatory Minimum Wage Exemptions To End |
21 May 2023 | Breaching Settlement AgreementsDisciplinary turns into medical incapacityWage 'theft' might become a crimeCompany fined $61k for lack of PPE |
17 Apr 2023 | Sovereign woman opts out of paying taxRestructure, redundancy and closuresCOVID-19 restrictions still in place |
18 Mar 2023 | Roadside Drug Testing DeferredEmployer Wins Restraint of TradeDaylight Savings End Sunday April 2nd 2023Minimum Wage Rate IncreaseEaster Trading 2023 |
20 Feb 2023 | Back To Work Grants Now Available for Auckland |
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