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…
Posts by Author: Ainsley Palairet
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…
Absence in the Workplace Due to Omicron
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…
How to Prioritise Employee Health and Wellbeing
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…
Bullying in the Workplace
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 – Proceed with Caution
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…
Key Considerations for Recruitment in the Age of Covid
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,…