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A recent Employment Court decision found that a ‘contract’ builder was in fact an employee. This was after an earlier cases where a self employer courier d...

As the Delta strain hit the shores of NZ this question is getting asked more often.The current guidance is that where there is a high risk of contracting a...

In todays update are links to videos with practical information for Employers about support available and what to be preparing and planning for before maki...

Potentially - but there are some major considerations!What we have learned as an outcome to Covid-19 case law from the last year is that the essentials of ...

The vaccination roll-out programme is well underway here in New Zealand.  Anyone over 16 now able to register for a booking where they are not already vacc...

The Holidays (Increasing Sick Leave) Amendment Act 2021 has been in place since 24th July, 2021.This Act increased entitlements from 5 days per annum after...

Immigration have made further announcements about work visa processes. This includes increasing maximum duration of some visas, temporarily removing some p...

The Holidays (Increasing Sick Leave) Amendment Act 2021 received royal assent on 24th May, 2021. This amendment increases the entitlement to sick leave fro...

DHBs are now well underway with Covid-19 vaccine rollouts across the country and plan to have these completed by the end of this year. As an employer, you ...

The design of the proposed Fair Pay Agreements was announced last week by Government. This is intended to introduce minimum pay and conditions for certain ...

It was confirmed last week that the new accreditation and transition to the Accredited Employer Work Visa will be introduced from 1st November 2021.  This ...

The Government acceptedthe 22 Holidays Act Taskforce recommendations to make the Holidays Act ‘clearer and more certain’. Work is now underway to draft cha...

There are 2 bills currently progressing through the parliamentary process which we will further update you on if/when they are passed into law.

There have been 2 recent legislation amendments introducing new types of leave. The first is an extra Public Holiday for Matariki. The first Matariki Publi...

Are your staff considering international travel? If so we recommend checking out what ER Consultant Laura Gregory has to say about what you may want to con...

Grow HR's Lance Peterson has been granted a full Private Investigator permit by the Private Security Personnel Licensing Authority for external workplace i...

The 2019 bi-annual Workplace Wellness Report by Southern Cross & Business New Zealand reported that the costs of absence in 2018 was $1.79b and the equival...

Grow HR Complimentary Employment Briefings – Wednesday 3rd March 2021

New Zealand Immigration have announced changes to temporary work visas will be implemented from early 2021. The changes will affect essential skills, talen...

This year Christmas Day and New Years Day fall on a Friday and Boxing Day and day after New Years Day fall on a Saturday.