Can contractors turn into employees? Employees have numerous rights under New Zealand employment legislation. For example, employees have mandatory annual leave, sick leave, parental leave on top of public holidays. Furthermore, employer cannot dismiss employees...
Mandatory written employment agreements Under New Zealand employment law, all employees must have a written employment agreement. Unfortunately in my experience, it is very common for small businesses not to have written employment agreements with their employees. An...
How can employees raise personal grievances? Under New Zealand employment law, employees are entitled to raise personal grievance complaints against their employer for various types of unfair treatment. The most common type of personal grievance is for unjustifiable...
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3 Steps to Improve Workplace Health & Safety Under the Health and Safety at Work Act 2015, every business owner has the duty to provide a safe place of work for their employees and customers. What many people don’t know is that the law imposes severe penalties...
Best Practice for Managing Employee Performance “You’re fired!” – This is a phrase which we often hear in American television or movies. But under New Zealand employment law, it is illegal to fire an employee on the spot due to poor performance. If an employee...