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Our experience is that, even with the best will in the world, there are very few employers managing to pay their people correctly at present.  Nothing about the current laws enables a systemized appro...

Sam is a seasoned HR practitioner who has held senior specialist and generalist HR roles, and prior joining us, held senior Employment Relations and HR Management roles in the private and public secto...

For some time the concept of triangular employment has been an issue.  In the recent case of Prasad v LSG Skychefs [2017] NZEmpC 150, to which the current legislation applied, the Court found the empl...

This year the public holidays are straight forward.  Because 25 & 26 December and 1 & 2 January are not weekend days, the holidays are observed on the days they fall. Therefore employees who would oth...

If you can’t remember NZ industrial relations in the 1970s study this Australian example of what could happen under the Fair Pay Agreements the Government is proposing. The industrial relations enviro...

The circumstances of non-permanent employees and persons in contracting relationships will also receive close scrutiny.  Issues under consideration include: Repealing the "Hobbit" legislation which cu...

Labour promises to, “in conjunction with relevant stakeholders, develop and introduce a legislative system of industry and sector collective bargaining that allows unions and employers, with the assis...

With the new Government in place unions are on a high, super confident that all the Coalition's policies will be implemented as promised.  Increasing the minimum wage is a case in point and in current...

Paul has decided to retire after 40 years in the HR space, and 33 years as a practising consultant.  After completing a Master of Arts from Victoria University of Wellington he joined Winstone Limited...

We regularly undertake workplace investigations and recently Justine O’Connell completed the Association of Workplace Investigators (AWI) study course at its training institute in Baltimore, USA. The ...

Compensation awards in the Employment Relations Authority are trending up but not by much.  For 2016 the average hit $7,000 up from $6,344 the previous year. However, the EMA says employers pay an ave...