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 | Jul 1, 2023 | Employment Law, Human Resources
Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ll be well aware of the recent surge in rhetoric around artificial intelligence, or AI. Robots, cobots and AI-powered technologies are no longer confined to science-fiction movies and their influence in our daily lives is...
by Wendy Macphail | Mar 6, 2023 | Employment Law
It’s safe to say that 2023 hasn’t started quite as we had hoped. The fresh sense of optimism many of us started this year with has been met with devastating cyclones and flooding around much of the North Island, creating a fresh set of challenges for many individuals...
by Wendy Macphail | Feb 17, 2023 | Employment Law
With every new year comes a new set of market conditions, law changes and industry regulations, making annual compliance audits an absolute must for any successful business. Taking time in the early months to assess your standard operating procedures and policies and...
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...
by Wendy Macphail | Feb 1, 2017 | Book Reviews, Employment Law, Human Resources, Positive Pyschology
Thirty percent of our lives will be spent working. Why not make this thirty percent work for us? We all have choices. What we put into something is what we get out of it. What we focus on, is what we will create. Simple as that. What is the down side of using time at...
