Papatoetoe bottle store to pay $46,000 for exploiting worker
Source: Employment New Zealand
A bottle store in Papatoetoe is the latest bottle store to be penalised and ordered to pay arrears for exploiting a...
Canterbury liquor retailer and director to pay $125,000 for worker exploitation
Source: Employment New Zealand
The Employment Relations Authority ordered Nekita Enterprises Limited, a business that operated a number of bottle stores across Canterbury, to pay...
Top five employment tips for Christmas you need to know
Source: Employment New Zealand
These top five employment tips can help employers and employees prepare for the Christmas period.
1. A business may close down over...
Sick leave increasing to 10 days – are you ready for the change?
Source: Employment New Zealand
The minimum sick leave entitlement is increasing from 5 to 10 days per year from 24 July 2021. Employees will get...
Ten important facts every business and their employees should know about the COVID-19 Delta...
Source: Employment New Zealand
Here are 10 essential facts that employers and employees should know about their employment rights and responsibilities in the current COVID-19...
Lower Hutt construction company to pay $42,000 for unlawful wage deductions
Source: Employment New Zealand
Tiger Construction NZ Limited has been ordered to pay $21,000 for making unlawful deductions from employees’ wages and a further $21,692...
ERA penalises Brews Liquor stores $34,000 for migrant worker exploitation
Source: Employment New Zealand
The liquor retail sector is once again in the spotlight for disregarding minimum employment standards.
The Employment Relations Authority has ordered Preeminent...
Waitangi Day 2021 – top seven employment tips you need to know
Source: Employment New Zealand
This year, Waitangi Day falls on Saturday 6 February and is observed on that day or Monday 8 February. Here are...
Have you say – bullying and harassment at work
Source: Employment New Zealand
MBIE is releasing an Issues Paper on bullying and harassment (including sexual harassment) at work in New Zealand.
We particularly want to...
How to enforce a payment from an employment dispute
Source: Employment New Zealand
You have been through a dispute resolution process with your employer; they have agreed to compensate you, but you haven’t received...
Minimum wage is increasing on 1 April. Are you ready?
Source: Employment New Zealand
As a business owner or manager, you need to be ready for the increase in minimum wage rates from Thursday, 1...
Have your say on the New Zealand Income Insurance Scheme
Source: Employment New Zealand
Every year, more than 100,000 New Zealanders are made redundant, laid off, or have to stop working because of a health...
