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NZ employment law requires that all employees must have a description to accompany their employment agreement. Many employers don’t realise this. Others write aspirational job descriptions as they embark on…
We recently wrote about the implications to businesses of ‘The Great Resignation’. Most businesses focus on recruiting, onboarding and retaining great employees. However, having a strategy for offboarding or exiting…
Recruitment in 2022 Recruitment has changed! If you are currently recruiting, you have probably already found that the market is challenging. ​ The pandemic has driven changes in technologies, new…
Restraints of Trade 101 A restraint of trade clause in an employment agreement is designed to protect a business’ commercially sensitive information by restricting an employee‘s business activities after they…
Preparing for Large-Scale Absence in the Workplace We have been warned that with COVID in the community, it is only a matter of time before New Zealand experiences mass absence…
Managing Employee Health and Wellbeing Not only can a surge of COVID (or any illness or situation that creates large scale absence) have the potential to increase workload significantly, it…
The miserable topic of workplace bullying – it’s prevalence, how to identify it, how to avoid it, and what to do if it is occurring. See the YouTube video where…
Managing Unvaccinated Employees Managing unvaccinated employees is an evolving and challenging issue. As at time of writing, we are yet to see the Employment Court rule on any claims against…
Recruitment in the Age of Covid Recruitment in the age of COVID – business as usual or not? Despite the uncertainties in some sectors of the economy during 2020/ 2021,…
The Great Resignation We are warned that in 2022, New Zealand will experience ‘The Great Resignation’. While we all know the frustration of hoping someone will resign who won’t, that’s…