by Wendy Macphail | Aug 1, 2023 | Accord News, Employment Law, Human Resources
Sexual harassment issues can be stressful for everyone involved and, if you’re an employer, a failure to manage them properly can lead to serious legal repercussions. For this reason, if you’re a Kiwi employer, you need to be on top of what the latest changes to the...
by Wendy Macphail | Oct 21, 2022 | Accord News
When it comes to holidays, 2022 has been a bumper year for kiwis, with two additional days of paid leave gifted to employees, courtesy of a permanent new public holiday to mark Matariki in June, and a special one-off holiday marking the passing of the late Queen...
by Wendy Macphail | Sep 15, 2022 | Accord News
If you’re a business owner or manager you will have first-hand experience of the truism that ‘your people are your greatest asset.’ Without people to run, represent and deliver for your business, you have no business. Richard Branson reinforced the point when he...
by Wendy Macphail | Aug 15, 2022 | Accord News
It’s tough going out there right now. NZ’s cost of living crisis is leaving no-one unscathed; whether it’s surging petrol prices, the increased cost of living, record inflation outstripping pay increases, or all of the above, we’re all, in one way or another, feeling...
by Wendy Macphail | Mar 31, 2020 | Accord News, Positive Pyschology
During these unprecedented times, I am picking that like me your mood is likely to be lower than usual and that times of joy are less frequent. We are all watching the progress of Covid-19 to see what happens next and hope that we and our loved ones stay save. Fear...
by Wendy Macphail | Mar 25, 2020 | Accord News, Employment Law, Human Resources
“It will not be life as normal, it will be different” On 23 March 2020 the Government announced that the COVID-19 alert level was to rise immediately to Level 3 and then rise to Level 4 on Wednesday 25 March 2020, for four weeks. The Treasury has also...
