Gate Gourmet New Zealand Ltd v Sandhu [2020] NZEmpC 237 deals with employment rights and obligations arising during the COVID-19 lockdown. The key issue was whether an Employer was obligated to pay employees the minimum wage if they were not working due to partial business closure, but were “ready, willing and able” to do so. …
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On 11 May 2020, the New Zealand Government announced that the country would be moving to Alert Level 2 and on 14 May 2020, Finance Minister Grant Robertson announced additional funding of up to $3.2 billion for a targeted extension of the Wage Subsidy Scheme. Wage Subsidy extension The Wage Subsidy extension provides for a …
On 5 December 2018 the Employment Relations Act Amendment Bill was passed, bringing changes to employment law in New Zealand. While the majority of these changes will come into effect on 6 May 2019, some of the changes are already in force following the Bill being given Royal assent on 12 December 2018. The Domestic …
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Changes Employment Law 2018 The new Labour-led coalition Government has introduced a new bill to amend the Employment Relations Act 2000 and implement the employment law reforms that were promised prior to last year’s general election. The Employment Relations Amendment Bill 2018 (“Bill”) states that the changes are “intended to introduce greater fairness in the …
Recent developments in employment law give rise to a need to review and update employment agreements to ensure they are up to date. 90 day trial period clauses You may be aware that the new Labour-led coalition government has proposed that 90 day trial periods will be limited to employers with fewer than 20 employees. …
As an employer you’ll want to assist your migrant employees so they can start work and transition into your workplace and their new community as easily as possible. At the same time, you’ll need to ensure that your interactions with potential migrants and any migrants currently working for you are within the law. As an …
Deciding whether an individual who carries out a task for money does so as an employee or in some other capacity is fundamental to the application of employment law. In an employment relationship, an individual agrees to provide his or her service to another in exchange for a wage usually exclusively. An independent contractor works …
All employees must be paid at least the minimum wage for every hour that they work. Minimum wage requirements apply equally to salaried employees. Problems can arise where salaried employees are employed in circumstances which require them to be available, or on call all day 6-7 days a week, and sometimes in to the evening …
