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Turbo Charge Your Team for 2015
The whole is greater than the sum of parts. Nurturing your team to flourish will reap rewards for any organisation. Here are some tips to help your team flourish.
Inspired Summer Reading
What impact would it have if the ten closest people to you read and followed this book by Gretchen Rubin.
Maximise Your Business
No matter what your job is, we all have the ability to bring out the best or worst in those around us. Bringing out the best in those around us makes for a happier and more productive work environment. How do you impact on those around you?
Tips for Developing Your Emotional Well-Being While at Work
While we do not know what lies ahead for us, we do know that financial security is important as is our emotional and spiritual health. Here are some strategies for helping you sustain greater health and wealth while at work.
The Dangers of Social Networking while at Work
While social media sites were created as a mechanism to help people communicate more efficiently with their friends and family, in the work place these sites can be problematic.
Depression in the Workplace
Mental health and drug and alcohol issues of directors, managers, staff and contractors are having a negative impact on companies across New Zealand and internationally.
BOP Kiwifruit Contractors in Breach of Employment Laws
18 kiwifruit contractors have recently had enforcement action taken against them following an operation by the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (“MBIE”).
Sexual advances at lunchtime resulted in job loss
It may come as a surprise for some that on occasions conduct occurring outside the workplace can give rise to disciplinary action by an employer.
The Next Big Step
So you have worked very hard and nurtured your business carefully and finally you have got to the next big step of taking on someone to help you. This is another steep learning curve for the uninitiated. This next step can assist your business to soar or to crumble....
Pre-Employment Issues
In New Zealand, it is not an easy process to terminate an employee’s employment if they are unsuitable for a role. For this reason, if you are an employer, spend the time to ensure you offer employment to the best possible candidate for the role.
Health and Safety Changes – Directors need to act now!
New Zealand’s biggest health and safety reform in 20 years is one step closer. The object of the changes is to improve New Zealand’s appalling record in workplace safety. The independent task-force identified that health and safety needs to be driven from the very top.
Employer Ordered to Provide Applicants’ CVs to Unsuccessful Applicant
Alpine Energy Ltd was ordered to hand over the names, CVs, qualifications and reference information attaching to job applicants, to an unsuccessful applicant who claimed he had been discriminated against (refer Waters v Alpine Energy Ltd, 20 February 2014).
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