New fair pay agreements (FPA) law came into effect on December 1 last year, marking the biggest shakeup in New Zealand employment in decades. Six months on, how could your business be affected? What’s an FPA? The new fair pay agreements law allows employees to bargain collectively for industry- or occupation-wide minimum employment terms, such…
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The difference between employees and contractors
Does your business use both employees and contractors? It’s important to distinguish between them as they are paid and taxed differently. Despite what you may call the individual concerned, that description is not definitive. If the status of the worker is questioned in the Employment Court or Employment Relations Authority, for example, the Employment…
What does the Fair Pay Agreements Act mean for you?
New Zealand has a new system of employment bargaining with the passage of the Fair Pay Agreements (FPA) Act which took effect from 1 December last year. Fair Pay Agreements bring unions and employer associations together to bargain for minimum employment terms for all covered employees within a sector or occupation. Visit Employment New…
Employment law changes, April 2022
From 1 April 2022, the minimum wage rate increases from $20 per hour to $21.20. Communicate the change with your employees in writing and if you have staff on salary, make sure their total remuneration meets the requirements.The Holidays Act is getting revamped bringing new ways of calculating holiday pay and other leave entitlements and…