The Employment Court has ruled that four Uber drivers, who worked in both the ride sharing and the meal delivery services, were employees rather than independent contractors (E Tū Incorporated & another v Rasier Operations BV & others [2022] NZEmpC 192). This will have significant implications for minimum wage, holidays, sick leave, and other entitlements […]
Category: Employee Retention
How does New Zealand compare with other Countries around Sick Leave
With the changes to Sick Leave about to take effect in New Zealand, I thought it might be interesting to see how we compare with other countries. The following information was taken from this website L&E Global and as such we do not guarantee its accuracy and some may have changed due to Covid. Country […]
Ezypay – Week 1 Roundup
Well, it is good to have made it to Friday pretty well unscathed, but we expect the next couple of weeks will be very different as the Subsidy Payments kick in so we will try and cover off how we are going to handle everything from Monday, but we are all on this, ever-changing journey, […]
Ezypay – Labour Cost Calculator
Recently we had a visit from a large NZ employer wanting to know what we did and how we operated. One of the items discussed is a new feature on our Website, the Labour Cost Calculator, as the person said they had been using it extensively to run different scenarios around an employee’s hourly rate […]
Coronavirus and Leave options
Well it is a trending topic at the moment so just an update on our situation and options should an employee contract the virus. Firstly, about four years ago we moved all our systems into the cloud as part of our Business Continuity Plan, this was after successfully coming through the Earthquakes in 2011 uninterrupted. […]
Ezypay is getting behind Akimbo, will you?
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
ACC discontinues the Workplace Incentive Programme
ACC has decided to discontinue their Workplace Incentive Programme as it has not led to a reduction in claims. The programme provided a discount on ACC Levies if you had a recognised ACC process in place. Full details can be read here – faqs-workplace-incentive-products