Are you an employer dealing with a serious incident or ongoing situation involving a critical breakdown of processes or relationships?  

New Zealand employers who intentionally withhold pay from employees could now face hefty penalties: Imprisonment for up to a year and a fine of up to $30,000.

What happens when you have an employee who is physically “on the job”, but is unwell or emotionally or mentally preoccupied?

Delegation is a growth strategy that costs your business nothing. Yet, why do so many leaders not delegate?

Payroll is simple, right? Simply calculate hours worked, multiply that figure by the hourly rate and then deduct taxes!

As the year wraps up, it’s a great time to acknowledge your team’s hard work and prepare for a fresh start in 2025.

Since the Covid pandemic, New Zealand has seen a record immigration boom to fill major skills shortages. While the gains are now slowing, in the year to August we’ve seen a net 53,800 new Kiwis arrive on our shores. As a result, today’s workplaces have grown in cultural diversity.

While restructures are commonly talked about and various behavioural issues emerging, a theme in workplaces at the moment is a rise in absenteeism.

It is important that your business is structured for success, in both good times and bad. Reviewing and restructuring staff roles and responsibilities can ensure that you have the right roles in place to meet your business demands.

With diverse personalities and professional approaches in the workplace, communication can sometimes go off the rails.

As we head towards the middle of 2024, high interest rates and inflationary pressures have made it harder than usual for Kiwi businesses to thrive.

It all sounds too good to be true but following changes to fringe benefit tax (FBT) rules last year our Auckland Tax and Human Resources teams have combined their expertise to establish a leading-edge Sustainable Commuter Scheme that benefits employers and their employees.