by Patrick | Dec 5, 2021 | News
Employers must provide paid time off for employees to get vaccinated Employees are now eligible for paid time off from work to receive their COVID-19 vaccination. Many employers are already doing this to encourage their workforce to be fully vaccinated. New Zealanders...
by Patrick | Nov 30, 2021 | News
PUBLIC HOLIDAY FALLS ON SATURDAY How to work out pay and holiday entitlements for a calendar date public holiday falling on a Saturday. Examples: Christmas falls on Saturday – employee normally works Saturday Sarah has a part-time job at a service station. She...
by Patrick | Nov 22, 2021 | News
[EMPLOYMENT NZ] CUTTING BACK OR INCREASING HOURS If an employment agreement has the employee’s hours of work, then an employer can’t change them without the employee’s agreement. If the employment agreement says that an employer can change the hours of...
by Patrick | Nov 22, 2021 | News
[EMPLOYMENT NZ] HOURS OF WORK An employee’s hours of work must be agreed to by the employer and employee in a written employment agreement. Any agreed hours of work or an indication of the arrangements relating to the times the employee is to work must be in the...
by Patrick | Nov 8, 2021 | News
[PRIVACY COMMISSIONER] THE COVID-19 VACCINATION AND PRIVACY RIGHTS A person’s vaccination status is personal information and so falls under the protections laid out in the Privacy Act 2020. However, as we have outlined previously, there are limited situations where an...
