HR & Legislation

Wage Subsidy FAQs

If I have an employee away sick with Covid and get the Covid Leave Support Scheme subsidy; what exactly do I need to pay them? When you...

Planned Changes to Leave Entitlements

The Government has accepted the Holidays Act Taskforce’s recommendations to make the Holidays Act clearer and provide more certainty for...

Privacy Act 2020

The Privacy Act 2020 came into effect on 1 December 2020. The updated rules mean businesses and organisations have new obligations for...

Wage Subsidy Changes from 27 March 2020

As per our previous FAQ blog we said that things were changing daily and we would let you know if anything changes with the Wages subsidy....

Covid-19 Wage Subsidy & HR FAQs

Amendment - only applicable to those that applied for the subsidy prior to Friday, 27th March 2020. New blog coming for after that date....

What Is, And How Do We Manage Domestic Violence leave?

What is Domestic Violence Leave? The act gives employees affected by domestic violence (could even be a child that they support) the...

90 Day Trials, what you need to know...

What are the changes? In January 2018, the government announced changes to the 90-day trial period legislation. These changes mean that...

Minimum Wage Increase - To Increase ALL Wages or Not

When the minimum wage increases should you increase all wages by that amount? This is a question we are often asked, and a question that...

Rest Breaks to be Paid Separately

Due to law changes to rest/tea break provisions; it has caused a huge admin nightmare for businesses that pay their staff piece meal...

90 Day Trial - Facts That All Employers Need to know

Finally when the new 90 day trial period statute came into effect, employers had some sort of protection when trialling new employees. Cert