Having survived the Canterbury Earthquakes eight years ago and then the EQC Trauma that followed, everyone in Canterbury is aware of what effect these can have on your mental fitness. It is no surprise that the stats for Canterbury around depression and anxiety are so high but rather than just sit and hope it […]
Month: November 2019
Sick Leave Entitlement Internationally
When it comes to paid sick leave entitlements, Australian employees are doing better than their counterparts in the United States. Here, sick leave is deemed a type of personal leave under the National Employment Standards and full-time employees are entitled to 10 days’ paid personal leave per year. That includes sick leave and paid carer’s […]
Payroll, it’s not exactly brain surgery!
At times it does feel like it is, as payroll is not as simple as many think. There are at least 19 Acts of Parliament that use the word ’employee’ so when complying with one Act, you could very well be in breach of another Act. What Acts have a direct impact on Payroll Student […]
Bottle Store owner fined $200,000 for exploiting staff
A liquor store owner whose behaviour was branded “heinous” by a judge will pay up an unprecedented $200,000 fine for underpaying migrant workers – but is unrepentant. Six Indian migrants were underpaid a total of $250,000 by Paramjeet Singh Parihar and Kuldip Kaur Parihar while working at the couple’s Super Liquor bottle stores in the […]
New staff member at Ezypay
Happy to announce that Lorraine Gardner started with us last month and will be a great addition to the team. She comes from a family of 4 and grew up in the Waikato before moving to the small town of Geraldine for a job in 2007. It was here she met her husband Woody and […]