Employers are under pressure to break away from the requirement for formal business attire or uniform standards in an effort to become...

Clearly, mobile phones have, and will continue to, change the way we communicate with each other, including in the workplace, and text...

Are you doing enough for your LGBTQI employees? June is a very big month as it celebrates and highlights issues concerning many...

With the stress and strain of the modern workplace, more and more of our clients are reporting experiences of being approached by their...

In March of this year, Parliament unanimously passed the Holidays (Bereavement Leave for Miscarriage) Amendment Act (No 2) 2019, which is...

An employee might resign from their employment for any number of reasons; to move on to other employment opportunities, to go back to...

Mondayised public holidays have been around for a long time when it comes to Christmas and New Year. In 2014 the government decided that...

Dealing with a "heat of the moment" resignation Heated discussions, frank exchanges of views and what can best be described as "major...

Workplace gift giving can be a blessing and a curse for employers. On the one hand it brings out the generous, team-oriented qualities in...

A lot has changed since the Privacy Act first came into effect in 1993, including the evolving use of the internet and data storage. A...

What can you do to minimise the chance your employees show up to work sporting a hangover? And, what to do when they do? For many of us,...

What do you need to tell your staff? And when? We've recently been assisting a client in the sale of their business, and thought that...

This year Māori Language Day is celebrated on September 14 and commemorates the presentation of the 1972 Māori language petition to...

Recently we have been fielding a number of enquiries about Fixed Term Agreements, the early termination of these and whether or not they...

In these uncertain times, redundancies and restructures are quickly becoming a reality for many businesses. Without being alarmist, who...

As an employer, you have a legal responsibility to accurately record the employee’s Holiday and Leave entitlements in a “Holiday and...

There is no doubting that the Covid-19 pandemic has impacted on businesses in different ways, but the one thing that has been...

Addressing employee misconduct and performance issues during the Government’s Alert Level 4 lockdown, doesn’t mean that employers are...

For many of our clients, COVID-19 has turned their homes, and the homes of many of their employees into place of work and many employers...

Finance Minister, Grant Robertson announced that the Government has made available $12.1billion COVID-19 economic support package which...