Articles: Employment/Health and Safety

Covid-19: The Minimum Wage

New Zealand’s next minimum wage increase is occuring in the midst of the country being at COVID-19 Alert Level 4. On Wednesday, 1 April 2020 the adult minimum wage rate increased by $1.20, from $17.70 to $18.90 per hour. The starting-out and training minimum wage rates will increase 96 cents from $14.16 to $15.12 per hour, and will remain at 80% of the adult rate.

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Covid-19: Checklist for Employers - What You Need to Do in the Next 24 Hours.

As you are aware the lockdown implications from the containment of Covid-19 is an extraordinary situation and one which is constantly changing. As a result it raises lots of employment questions. We recommend the following:

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Covid-19: Government help for businesses

The Government has announced a COVID-19 Business Continuity Package to assist businesses struggling due to the impact of the coronavirus pandemic.

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Public Holidays - your entitlements

The laws around public holidays enititlements can be confusing. Here are the main points.

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Employment Law - looking back and ahead

With a few weeks of work under the belt after a break, here’s a quick refresher on changes to Employment Law in 2019 and look ahead to what could lie in 2020.

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