Relief for employers with temporary migrants
The Government has made immediate short-term changes to visa settings for temporary migrants. Read more here
The Government has made immediate short-term changes to visa settings for temporary migrants. Read more here
Have you read what BRANZ has to say about the advantages of windows that exceed minimum requirements
Read about recent court decision re migrant exploitation, ACC levies, and the small business cashflow loan scheme
HOLIDAYS ACT TROUBLES A recent case before the Employment Court clarifies two important aspects of the Holidays Act (the Act): discretionary bonuses and closedown periods
9 June: Government load applications extended. Covid-19 income relief payments
4 June: New Covid income relief payment for unemployed introduced. A look at Alert Level 1
Contractor or employee – recent court case outlines the relevant factors. Read more
Latest updates from Advicewise:
15 May: Budget update
11 May: Small Business Cashflow Loan Scheme
8 May: Controls at Level 2, workplaces and businesses, engaging with customers, travel and transport.
23 April: Update to what limited workplace activities are permitted this week and weekend before we move to Level 3.
22 April: Useful FAQ’s
21 April: When we’re moving to Alert Level 3
17 April: Workplace operations at COVID-19 alert levels
16 April: New support for SME’s, health support, ACC invoicing.
14 April: Essential workers leave payment scheme, insolvency relief.
6 April: Essential workers leave payment scheme, business finance guarantee scheme
2 April: Are you keeping up? Details of a new payment intended to support essential workers who have to stay home.
2 April: Update re Wage subsidy employers declaration and consent obligations
30 March: Over the weekend MBIE published more information on the Government’s Wage Subsidy scheme – we’ve extracted the key points
27 March: The big confusion between the two support schemes (Leave Payment and Wage Subsidy) has been removed by the two being merged.
25 March: Government’s financial support, leave payments, wage subsidy, gross or net.
23 March: Alternative ways of working, at risk people, I’m feeling stressed – who can I talk to?
22 March: Cutting through the confusion, disaster response, mental health support, and central source of government information.
COVID-19 travel restrictions, Government wage and sick leave subsidy and a basic policy from which to develop your own. Read the detail here
Topics this month: Minimum wage increase, Immigration changes, Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19). Read more here