• Medical Termination

  I have sadly had a number of medical terminations to manage recently and it has highlighted for me some of the real challenges this brings to an employer.

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• New Law affecting Retail workers

  Anyone operating a retail activity cannot now require an employee to work on Easter Sunday - at all.

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• Penalties for breach of Minimum Standards

  Be aware, the Courts are starting to award serious fines for breaches of minimum wages and holiday records legal requirements.

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• Harmful Digital Communications

  New legislation in this area is now in force, making it a criminal offence to post any digital communication intending to cause emotional harm.

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• Interesting Court Cases

  Can you move your business and force an employee to travel further?

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• Employees, Contractors and Volunteers

  MBIE's Inspectorate are starting to take harder lines in these areas.

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• Wage Increases

  It's that time of year again.

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• Staff Motivation – healthy staff are happy staff

  Don’t you just love it when you arrive at work and are greeted (if at all) with grunts; when water cooler conversation is complaints; when the boss barks his biddings at you and when you long for the last letter of each day!

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• Bullying Becomes Bigger

  Everyone, it seems is becoming more aware of bullying and its degrading impact.

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• Availability Clauses

  These are required under the last round of legislation if you want to be able to require someone to work at times only when you need them.

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