On April 1st, 2016 the Employment Standards Bill came into force and one of the changes was around Timesheets. The change was not new but more reinforcing and consolidating requirements in existence in other legislation. The main point is that Employers MUST keep daily Timesheets for all waged based employees and any all salary based […]
Category: Compliance
ACC wants your views
ACC is currently seeking your views on their levies etc. Click HERE to share your views. Are you ready to have your say? Levy consultation for the 2016/17 year opens today and runs through until 5pm, Friday 30 October. Jump online, join the conversation, and let us know what you think – this is your […]
Employee Status Error costs Canterbury Student Association $15k
The University of Canterbury Students Association has been asked to repay employees after it breached their holiday pay entitlements. The students association (UCSA) was issued with an improvement notice after receiving a complaint from a former employee who claimed he had not received the correct entitlements for annual leave and sick leave. A Labour Inspectorate […]
Changes to Paid Parental Leave
Changes to Paid Parental Leave (PPL) will come into effect on April 1st, 2015. These changes extend the maximum amount payable from 14 to 16 weeks. The changes apply to an employee or self-employed person if: The expected date of delivery of their child is on or after April 1st, 2015, but the child is […]
Minimum Wage Rate to Increase to $14.75 from April 1st, 2015
The adult minimum wage will increase from $14.25 to $14.75 an hour from April 1, Workplace Relations and Safety Minister Michael Woodhouse said today. The starting out and training hourly minimum wages will also rise, by 40c to $11.80 an hour – 80 per cent of the adult minimum wage. This change will take effect […]
Be careful makeing a In Lieu of Notice deduction
An insulation company has no authority to demand wages from a greiving worker who failed to give two weeks’ notice he was leaving the company because of the sudden death of his father, the Employment Relations Authority says. Warm Kiwi International also sought wages paid to Alan Dowd for hours he worked away from approved […]
Wage Complaints, some industries are worse than others!
Agriculture, forestry and fishing are among the biggest offenders against two pieces of legislation designed to protect workers from being ripped off by their bosses. The sector topped a table of 19 industries for the number of complaints to the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment relating to the Minimum Wage Act, and came second […]
Minimum Family Credit to rise next year
The Government has just announced that the minimum family tax credit that guarantees a working family’s after tax-income will rise from $22,776 to $23,776 from April 1st, 2015.
Court Ruling over Equal Pay will affect many Industries
The financial impact of higher staff wages in aged-care homes could force some operations to close, a sector group says. New Zealand Aged Care Association chief executive Martin Taylor said the association was mulling a Court of Appeal decision based on whether women should be paid the same as similarly skilled men in different industries. […]
Changes to Labour Laws
Employment law changes fiercely opposed by unions and the Labour Party are about to be passed by parliament. The Employment Relations Amendment Bill completed its committee stage on Tuesday night and is expected to pass its final third reading stage on Wednesday. The government had to put it on hold before the election because it […]