Keeping you posted

Employment Agreements - who understands them?

05 Oct 2015 by Mike Johnson Tagged employment agreements, Fairness, legal compliance;

Only 0.6% of people read their employment agreements in full! That is 6 people in a thousand.

Proposed Legal changes to Employment Contracts

23 Jul 2015 by Mike Johnson Tagged Zero-hour, employment agreements, legal, Secondary Employment;

Advance warning! The government is going to introduce changes to what you can/can't put in an employment agreement. Expect:

90-day limit for Personal Grievances n/a

22 Jun 2015 by Mike Johnson Tagged PG, employment agreements, employment relationship problems, 90-day;

A recent court case has highlighted a legislated reason for a personal grievance being able to be raised outside the 90-day limit.

Zero-Hour Contracts

13 Mar 2015 by Mike Johnson Tagged employment agreements, casuals, zero-hour contracts;

There has been a bit of publicity about such contracts recently. So, in case you are wondering – these are contracts that require an employee to be available for work,...

ERA Changes - 6 March 2015

15 Dec 2014 by Mike Johnson Tagged Collective Agreements, legal, Breaks, employment agreements;

The new National Government has made it happen ... now you need to prepare.

Family Relationships at Work

26 Nov 2014 by Mike Johnson Tagged Family relationships, employment agreements, performance management, investigation;

Mix Business with pleasure? Employ your child/spouse? This is both common and indeed to be encouraged – but I must encourage you to do so properly!

Canterbury Companies In breach of Employment laws ... are you or someone you know?

17 Nov 2014 by Mike Johnson Tagged employment agreements, legal compliance, Labour Inspectorate;

It appears that the Christchurch rebuild has pressured a number of companies into taking legal short-cuts.

Restraint of Trade Clauses

22 Sep 2014 by Mike Johnson Tagged Restraint, employment agreements;

Many Employment Agreements have them – many more employers want them – but what is needed to be able to rely on one?

90-day Trial Notice

18 Sep 2014 by Mike Johnson Tagged Restraint, employment agreements;

A court has just ruled you cannot pay in lieu of notice and rely on the 90-day trial

Get the 90-day trial right!

15 Jul 2014 by Jade Taylor and Mike Johnson Tagged employment agreements, dismissal, 90-day trial, probation;

Yet another case has highlighted the importance of getting the detail of your 90-day trial clause right in Employment Agreements.