Employment Law & HR Support
Seeking legal support?
We are proud to have partnered with the best in the business for our Employment Relations suite.
Members can contact our team for support with general legal queries, and we'll connect you with legal firm of your choice, offering preferential rates for Business South members.
Call us on 0508 656 757 for any questions or concerns about your business we offer a wide suite of services to help with your legal.
Legal Services
We have partnered with 3 trusted, local law firms to offer our members direct access to our legal support for a wide range of business needs.
To get started contact our team, and if more support is needed, we’ll connect you with a legal firm of your choice, at a preferential rate for our members.
Meet our Legal Partners
Our legal partners can help you with:
- Employment Law
- Buying or Selling a Business
- Intellectual Property
- Taxation
- Getting Through Solvency/Bankruptcy
- Property Law
- Resource Consent
and more!
Contact our team, and if more support is needed, we’ll connect you with a legal firm of your choice, at a preferential rate for our members.
*Preferential rate is only applicable for new clients to the law firm
Gallaway Cook Allan
Todd & Walker Law
Wilkinson Rodgers Lawyers
New Health and Safety changes for Otago and Southland businesses
Business South welcomes the recent announcements by Minister of Workplace Relations and Safety, Hon Brooke van Veldon outlining a series of reforms to New Zealand’s health and safety legislation. These proposed changes aim to improve clarity, reduce unnecessary compliance obligations, and provide more targeted guidance for businesses.
The Complexities of Calculating Leave and Holidays Act reform
The complexity of the Holidays Act 2003 has been loudly trumpeted for many years amongst practitioners in the legal, human resources, and payroll spaces. A taskforce was set up in 2018 to simplify the Act and in 2020, the government endorsed all recommendations. The current government is set to review and enact the changes albeit modified reflecting the current governments priorities.
Due to the complexity, we will provide a rolling review of the types of changes that have been talked about, but not yet enacted into legislation.
Uber loses appeal - court rules drivers are employees, not contractors
The Court of Appeal is backing four Uber drivers in their fight to be treated as employees, rather than contractors.
The court dismissed Uber’s appeal of a 2022 Employment Court decision that also ruled in favour of the drivers.
The Five Dysfunctions of a Team
How would you describe the performance of your management team? Have you ever considered what might be preventing you from achieving the results you are after?
Presenting the Business South Phone App
It's been a long time in the making but we are super excited to present to you the members-only phone app!
March 2024 Quarterly Southern Business Survey
The latest findings from the Quarterly Southern Business Survey are in.
November 2023 Quarterly Southern Business Survey
The latest findings from the Quarterly Southern Business Survey are in.
September Quarterly Southern Business Survey Results
The latest findings from the Quarterly Southern Business Survey are in.
Advocating for immigration changes
At a time of record high employment, and a shortage of employees in most sectors and most regions of New Zealand, immigration is needed at all levels to meet skill shortages that are constraining economic growth.
New Business Payment Practices disclosure regime
The Government will introduce a new Business Payment Practices disclosure regime. We asked our Senior Solicitor, Ronda Tokona, to explain what this means for business.
Enterprise Partners
Pivotal Partners
