Employment

The employment related costs of doing business have increased significantly over recent years… Read More

As major tech firms such as Twitter and Google set about making sweeping staff redundancies, Northland businesses should not be quick to follow their example.… Read More

Creating a time for reflection and the ability for employees to consider their own views is really important because it enables the New Year to start afresh and it puts some distance between the wrap-up of 2022 and goalsetting at the beginning of 2023.… Read More

Too often managers and their staff drift apart, communication deteriorates and the difficult conversations that are an inherent part of a healthy employment relationship become problematic. It’s been said before – but we need to talk (and listen) more. … Read More

The Government introduced the Worker Protection (Migrant and Other Employees) Bill into Parliament at the end of September.… Read More

The Employment Court has found four Uber drivers to be employees rather than independent contractors.… Read More

The Fair Pay Agreement Act is now in force, creating what has been touted as the biggest overhaul of employment law since the millennium.… Read More

Several times a week I receive a call from a harried employer, who has had the best intentions for their team, but now find themselves looking down the barrel of an unexpected personal grievance from a once highly-valued employee. … Read More

The proposed Fair Pay Agreements Bill will enhance wages for lower tier earners, but is unlikely to increase productivity, writes David Grindle.… Read More

The proposed Fair Pay Agreements Bill will enhance wages for lower tier earners, but is unlikely to increase productivity, writes David Grindle.… Read More