Employment Law & HR Support

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 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. 

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. 

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?

It's been a long time in the making but we are super excited to present to you the members-only phone app! 

The latest findings from the Quarterly Southern Business Survey are in.

The latest findings from the Quarterly Southern Business Survey are in.

The latest findings from the Quarterly Southern Business Survey are in.

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.

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.