Staying Home When Unwell – Managing Sickness
There is a steadily beating drum in the media advising the whole country to stay home when we are unwell. But is this realistic? As a business owner, it’s a…
Posts by Author: Ainsley Palairet
Employing Friends or Family
Every media outlet in the country is talking about our record-breaking low unemployment rate (3.2%) and our tight labour market. A substantial proportion of our clients are recruiting – heck…
How Whistleblowing Legislation Changes Will Affect You
Whistleblowing legislation is set to change and affects all business owners. Since the year 2000, we have had a piece of law in New Zealand that has facilitated “the disclosure…
Retaining Good Staff
Is it all about the money or are there other options for retaining good staff? In this current season of very low unemployment in NZ, the job market has become…
Employees Not Taking Annual Leave
If we were to talk about small business owners rarely taking annual leave, you are sure to roll your eyes as you try to remember when you last had any…
Making Deductions from an Employee’s Pay
Is it ever OK to withhold or make deductions from an employee’s pay? In a recent case before the ERA, and as reported in Stuff, the ERA awarded an employee…
Writing Useful Job Descriptions
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…
The Great Resignation Part 2 – Offboarding Employees
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 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 – Agreements are Made to be Kept
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…