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Does an Employer have to provide a Payslip?

Posted in Payroll Comment on Jun 23rd, 2010

Do employers have to provide employees with payslips? The simple answer is No but there is more to it.

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Employers Assistance – May Newsletter

Posted in Publications on May 25th, 2010

There’s Hope for Employers On the “Good News” front, there is case law suggesting that in those instances where an employee is “caught with his hands in the till” and where a faulty dismissal procedure has been followed … read more… Can an employer dismiss an employee if they have a long term sickness/injury? In […]

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Minimum Wage Increase

Posted in Inland Revenue, Payroll Comment on Feb 17th, 2010

Minimum Wage – From 1st April 2009 There are three groups to calculate minimum wages for. These are the ‘Adult Minimum Wage’, ‘New Entrant’s Minimum Wage’ and ‘Training Minimum Wage’. Adult Minimum Wage This applies to all workers who are 16 years old and over who are not new entrants or trainees. The adult minimum […]

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Employers Newsletter Dec 09

Posted in General Comment on Dec 8th, 2009

December 2009 Employers Newsletter Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! Our Albany office will be closed from Thursday 24th December and re-opens on Tuesday 5th January 2010. We will have a duty consultant over the Christmas/New Year break so feel free to phone us on 0800 15 8000 about any legal query over that period. […]

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Employer’s November Newsletter

Posted in Payroll Comment on Oct 29th, 2009

You can read the latest Newsletter from Employers Assistance HERE! Topic covered are: Ban on the use of mobile phones while driving Employers to have a say over Tea & Meal breaks Employer Seminars ACC rules due to change Calculating payment of Public Holidays – relevant daily pay NZ Public Holiday Dates for 2010 and […]

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Mobile Phones in Cars

Posted in Payroll Comment on Oct 21st, 2009

From November 1st, 2009 it will be illegal to use a cellphone while driving unless it is hands free.  Hands free does not mean you can sit a phone on your lap and turn the loudspeaker on as the phone must be secured in cradle. This law is long overdue and hopefully everyone will play […]

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90 Day Trial Period Issue

Posted in Payroll Comment on Aug 28th, 2009

Employers Assistance Ltd have found that many employers are coming to grief when dismissing employees during the 90 Day Trial Period as they are giving reasons for terminating the employment relationship in their dismissal letter. This exposes the employer to a claim of ‘disadvantage or discrimination’ which can be expensive. You can download this complimentary […]

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