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Bev Edwards

Jul 7, 20233 min read

Long COVID – what do you do with employee health information you might no longer need?

What COVID-19 vaccine records should you keep? From 4 April 2022, the use of vaccine passes and QR codes were no longer required in New...

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Bev Edwards

Jul 7, 20233 min read

Flexible Work Requests

The COVID-19 pandemic has fundamentally changed the way many of us work and has shown that working from home can work effectively...

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Bev Edwards

Jul 7, 20233 min read

Common Missteps Employers Make When It Comes to Hearings

The many iterations of ERA determinations in recent decades have resulted in a difficult compliance landscape for employers to navigate...

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Bev Edwards

Jul 7, 20232 min read

‘Modern-day slavery' liquor boss gets record $1.55m in fines for migrant worker exploitation

Headlines that sends chills down the spines of employers. The first big result for the new MBIE Labour inspectorate Migrant Exploitation...

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Sign-on bonuses as incentives to attract candidates in tight labour market

Bev Edwards

Jul 7, 20232 min read

Sign-on bonuses as incentives to attract candidates in tight labour market

Employers may need to consider turning to new incentives and added benefits to attract candidates, at a time when New Zealand's...

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Bev Edwards

Jul 7, 20232 min read

Exploitation of migrant workers continues as Church ordered to pay $164,000

The Worker Protection (Migrant and Other Employees) Bill, which is expected to be enacted by August 2023, has the overall purpose of...

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Bev Edwards

Jul 7, 20232 min read

What is work and who is an employee?

There has recently been significant changes as to what is considered “work:” · sleep overs being considered work rather than rest · ...

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Bev Edwards

Jul 7, 20231 min read

Medical Council of NZ reviewing their Medical Certificates policy

As an Employer, the requesting and evaluation of a medical certificate is challenging territory. Where the rights, interests and...

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Bev Edwards

Jul 7, 20231 min read

Australian Temporary Skilled Migration Income Threshold raised

The recent announcement that, from 1 July 2023, New Zealand citizens residing in Australia on Subclass 444 Special Category Visa (SCV)...

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Bev Edwards

Jul 7, 20234 min read

Business Continuity Policy – why it is critical to Business Survival

If the COVID-19 pandemic and recent floods/cyclone have taught us one thing, it is that it is not if a natural disaster or other serious...

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Bev Edwards

Jul 7, 20232 min read

Job Retention by Furlough Leave

In 2020, at the start of the first COVID lockdown, I wrote an article on the option of using ‘furlough leave’ to cover the highest...

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Bev Edwards

Jul 7, 20232 min read

Does a Private Investigator Have Special Privileges

Television and film commonly and inaccurately depict the actions of a private investigator in an effort to create suspense-filled...

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Bev Edwards

Jul 7, 20235 min read

Fruit Of The Poisonous Supervisor: Statements Taken In Violation Of Rights

It can be a refreshing treat when an investigator gets to jump into an investigation where some evidence has already been gathered, and...

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Bev Edwards

Feb 27, 20221 min read

Call to action Tauranga dog owners

There are 15 000 registered dogs in Tauranga. If you have owned, currently own, may own in the future - or just know! - a good dog,...

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Bev Edwards

Feb 12, 20214 min read

Ticking the boxes for the Employment Court

Investigations are a difficult process and often come at a time when the employment relationship has deteriorated between employees or...

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Bev Edwards

Jun 17, 20204 min read

Post-Covid Remote-Working – will permanent change result from the pandemic?

In a bid to curb the coronavirus outbreak, New Zealand employers put in place precautions to stop the spreading of COVID-19 – remote...

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Bev Edwards

Apr 27, 20201 min read

Coronavirus has held up manufacturing so I need staff to do other work - how?

Many companies are going fully transparent with their internal communications and policies in response to the virus. Staff are scared and...

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Bev Edwards

Apr 27, 20201 min read

How to implement flexible working arrangements when roadworks are making my staff stressed and late?

Whilst you can control your workforce and workplace, sometimes the best laid plans are undermined by external forces, especially...

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Bev Edwards

Apr 27, 20202 min read

How do I know my staff will work at home?

If you manage remote workers, you probably trust them for the most part. But every now and then you may have suspicions that a certain...

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Bev Edwards

Apr 27, 20203 min read

COVID-19 Job Retention of staff - Furlough Leave

When businesses throughout New Zealand looked down the barrel of a lockdown of 4 weeks from 26 March 2020, the reality of COVID-19 hit....

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