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We're well in to the swing of the Festive season!   If you are an Employer and not 100% sure if you have given full consideration to your teams pay and ent...

Are your employee engagement efforts hitting the mark, or could unseen gaps be quietly undermining your team's productivity and morale? Staff surveys stand...

When employees and other workers drive as part of their job or services employers must navigate a range of considerations. Examples include;  Deciding what...

The Employment Relations Authority (ERA) has released its Annual Report for 2023, providing a detailed analysis of the trends and outcomes in employment di...

Holidays Act Reforms Government announced last week that it is intending to publish an a ‘exposure draft of a Bill’ in September 2024 as a start to reformi...

In the past weeks, we have noticed an increase in people issues that have been more complex or costly to resolve because the employment agreement lacked pr...

As we enter performance review season, our focus naturally gravitates towards evaluating individual performance from a top-down perspective. In doing so, w...

The latest views on wage inflation in New Zealand indicate that while overall inflation might be showing signs of slowing down, wage inflation remains a si...

With the economy hurtling headfirst into a headwind, these are troublesome times for small businesses. From plunging trade exports to rising operating cost...

On 1 April 2024, the adult minimum wage will be increasing by 2%. As an employer, you’ll need to keep up to date with the latest minimum pay rates and pay ...

The Government passed a Bill under urgency this week to restore the right for any employer to include a 90-day trial period in a new employment offer for a...

If public holidays have the potential to cause disruption to your business operations and/or workforce management, consider transferring a public holiday b...

It's hard to believe it's nearly December already!  Here's a quick overview what you need to be thinking about when it comes to how Closedowns and Public H...

With an eye on the year-end, we’re noticing a seasonal bump in the volume of potential restructures being mooted. Driven in part by the lingering echoes of...

According to Gallup's 2023 State of the Australian and New Zealand Workplace report, 20% of employees in the region are ‘thriving at work’, while a concern...

In recent years, the usage of online HR applications and subscription models has been on the rise. While these systems can appear attractive for automating...

Many employees continue to work from home or work flexibly post the pandemic.  Some are because people have had to, in other cases, it has simply become th...

Ahead of elections 2023 we have seen the initiation of a number of fair pay bargaining applications.  The application for bus transport is now at the barga...

Check out our latest update about changes in employment law including how you could prepare as Employers for the upcoming extension in timescales for raisi...

As the week unfolds our focus has been on helping Employers as they restore operations and get as many people back to work as possible.  Some of th...