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Top Tips to Avoid Being Caught by Fraudsters
Online scammers and fraudsters use all kinds of tricks to steal from businesses. By taking sensible precautions you and your business can avoid becoming victims. Last year, almost $800,000 was lost from 35 small businesses that were the victims of cybercrime, according to NetSafe. That’s an average of $22,521 for each victim. Small businesses reported 309 incidents so far this year, compared ...
Changes to Property Rules
Property rules changed on 1 October 2015. If you’re buying or selling a New Zealand property, here’s what you need to know. This page provides information about property changes effective from 1 October 2015. Parliament is considering additional rules as part of the Taxation (Bright-line Test for Residential Land) Bill, which includes proposed "bright-line" property changes. You can find more information ...
How to attract great summer staff
If you’re in tourism, retail, hospitality or horticulture, you’ll probably need extra help during the busy summer months ahead. Capture the best and the brightest of the summer talent pool – and stay compliant with employment laws and processes – with these seasonal hiring tips. Know what kind of help you need. Do you need fixed-term employees to work specific shifts all ...
Health and safety: Providing protective gear
If you provide personal protective equipment (PPE) to your workers, here’s how to stay compliant when new laws take effect in April 2016. As part of our ongoing series on the upcoming health and safety (H&S) reforms, this month the focus is on PPE. Before providing PPE, you should first consider if there are better ways of dealing with the risk. Can ...
Help shape your ACC levies
ACC’s annual levy public consultation process begins on 1 October this year, and for the first time features a website where people can submit their own ideas and also comment on proposals put forward by others. Read the full article here: http://www.acc.co.nz/news/WPC138508 ...