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As 2022 comes to a close we wish you all a Safe and Happy Holiday.
As 2022 comes to a close we wish you all a Safe and Happy Holiday. What a roller coaster year 2022 has been!! With Covid still popping up, cost of living increases and uncertainty in Europe - but sunshine is on the forecast, and we have much to be thankful for in this country. So let us take this time to relax with ...
Managing annual leave for your team
Time away from work is vital for both the health of your employees and the health of your company. Time off not only reduces stress, it has been shown to improve productivity once employees return to work. What you need to know You must: give employees at least four weeks of paid annual holidays (not including public holidays or sick leave), either in ...
Tenant & Landlords Family Violence and Physical Assault Regulations finalised
Regulations have been finalised that support changes to tenancy law for family violence or physical assault during a tenancy. The changes: enable tenants to withdraw from a tenancy by giving at least two days’ notice to a landlord where a tenant has been a victim of family violence during a tenancy. One qualifying form of evidence - which includes a statutory declaration ...
Subcontractors are entitled to health and safety too
WorkSafe New Zealand says workers deserve better than to continue dying on the job in falls from height. A Canterbury business, Dan’s Renovations, has been sentenced for health and safety failings over the death of a subcontractor in February 2021. The 56-year-old man was painting the flat, one-storey roof when he fatally fell 4.5 metres to the ground. In a reserved decision, ...
New rules to make GST record keeping easier
Are you registered for GST? Keeping records is about to get easier. Changes aimed at modernising GST rules for invoicing and record keeping are being introduced. Most changes come into effect on 1 April 2023. The new rules are designed to support e-invoicing and electronic record keeping, particularly New Zealand's adoption of the Pan European Public Procurement Online (PEPPOL) framework. There is no change ...