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In the wake of payroll errors in Police and even in MBIE itself, MBIE has been busy conducting audits in many larger organisations. Almost without exception, including some union payrolls, widespread ...

The legislative response to “zero hours” contracts which came into effect on 1 April 2016 continues to cause problems. The Government got itself confused about this matter and left us with many uninte...

The case of Fraser v Carrick Holdings Limited (a McDonald’s franchisee), has been decided in the Employment Court.  In essence the Court decided that provided employees are not required to work more t...

The way things are headed with forming the new Government it’s timely to revisit Labour’s policies in this area. The Jacinda effect meant there was little focus on workplace relations during the campa...

Australia’s Fair Work Ombudsman (FWO) regularly prosecutes employers who breach Australian employment laws.  Key advisors, such as HR managers, accountants, bookkeepers and payroll personnel, are also...

The Victorian Court of appeal recently rejected financial services firm Crowe Horwarth Pty Ltd's appeal to enforce post-employment restraints against a senior accountant who sought to provide accounti...

The recent disclosure of holiday pay irregularities in Police and more recently MBIE are no surprise and probably the tip of the iceberg. The Holidays Act 2003 is too complicated, but the real issue i...

Uber's problems appear to be escalating.   June 20 has now been set as the date for the class action lawsuit to determine whether Californian Uber drivers are employees or contractors. Last year in pe...

From 1 April 2016 paid parental leave is extended to 18 weeks. 

This Act finally comes into force on 4 April 2016. Much has already been said about its specific provisions.  Our view is that legislation and a strict compliance regime will not protect your people, ...

The Employment Standards Legislation comes into effect from 1 April.  The original Bill has been split into amendments to a number of existing Acts. The aim of the amendments is to promote fairer and ...