Business Updates Newsletter
20 Nov 2020 | Labour's expected changesDismissing Casual StaffNo Vaping PleaseIs "retirement" a thing in today’s world? |
21 Oct 2020 | Beware Fixed Term Agreements over 12 monthsCannabis and the workplace The Privacy Act 2020Employers Toolbox updates |
20 Sep 2020 | Know Your Notice PeriodsDon’t be scared of WorkSafeEAL lockdown virtual conference Daylight Saving begins Sun 27 Sept |
17 Aug 2020 | Resurgence Wage SubsidyCan You Open Your Business Now?Combatting Abuse of Sick LeaveEqual Pay Amendment Bill |
17 Jul 2020 | Validity of Medical CertificatesMinimum guaranteed hoursTermination - Frustration of ContractEliminate or Minimise your hazards |
20 Jun 2020 | New Workplace Hazard- The Bore-OutBack to Business with Variation AgreementsStaff foldersTriangular Employment update |
25 May 2020 | Post Covid-19 RedundanciesTemporary Change to Parental LeaveContractor or Employee - Courier IndustryToolbox update - Employment Type |
09 Mar 2020 | Coronavirus vs Business - updatePolice Not Above The LawWithholding staff wages Do Your Performance Reviews Online |
09 Feb 2020 | Coronavirus at WorkUnions Get 6 Years Back Pay Against Meat IndustryVariation Agreements - Toolbox UpdateScaffolding Fail Gets Expensive Enforceable Undertaking from WorkSafe |
10 Dec 2019 | Staff SuspensionEmployment Termination - What To Pay OutThe Conundrum of DeductionsXmas Season Public Holiday Dates |
15 Nov 2019 | Amendments to the Privacy ActPublic Holidays - to Pay or not to Pay Pt2Trying to deceive the Labour InspectorateEmployers Toolbox and Office 365Public Holiday dates for Xmas and 2020 |
20 Oct 2019 | ERA Hiking Employee AwardsPublic Holidays - to Pay or not to PayToolbox updates |
13 Sep 2019 | Measles epidemic – what employers need to know Employers Toolbox has multi-document eSigningRugby World Cup - passion or poisonNew Work Visa rules from the GovernmentDaylight Saving Start Sept 29 2019 |
15 Aug 2019 | Retail workers demand Living WageGovernment support for Personal GrievancesCasual staffMachinery Risks |
09 Jul 2019 | Mitre 10 Forced to Pay Living WageNew Agreement Builder10 Year High in Workplace FatalitiesNew Rules for Hazardous Waste |
12 Jun 2019 | Rest and Meal breaks vs the Bus IndustryDiversity and Inclusion in AirNZQuad bikes need crush protection devicesNew drug testing standards |
19 May 2019 | Updated Employment Agreements Breaking Settlement AgreementsEmployee Availability provisionsEmployer contributions to continue for the over 65s? |
15 Apr 2019 | Suspending StaffDomestic Violence, role of the EmployerHeinz Watties fined $300,000 for burning employeePublic Holidays and Easter 2019 |
11 Mar 2019 | Domestic Violence, Employers are you ready?The Spotlight on Probationary PeriodsRest and Meal Breaks 2019Minimum wage rise April 1 2019Daylight Saving Ends Sunday April 7 |
12 Feb 2019 | Fair Pay AgreementsToo Hot To Work$9000 for 1 days' work$680,000 For Safety Failures At Timber Mill |
04 Dec 2018 | Abandonment Due To JailThe Office Xmas Party GuideEmployment Law UpdateEmployers Toolbox Updates |
06 Nov 2018 | Is the room bugged?Forkhoist accident costs company $272,000Justice not blind after all Upcoming Public Holiday dates for xmas and 2019 |
01 Oct 2018 | First failed WorkSafe prosecutionThe Equal Pay Amendment BillPublic Holiday - Labour DayCountdown setting benchmark for labour hire |
11 Sep 2018 | Government get recruitment process wrong. |
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