It is a tough job being a cop , it may be even a harder job being a top cop, but it seems impossible to be the top cop and a woman in New Zealand. For a short period of...
How important is the safety of workers and customers to us as the risk of theft and violence appears to escalate in the retail sector? The sometimes conflicting...
Prime Minister Christopher Luxon and the Government formally apologised to the survivors of abuse in care yesterday after the Royal Commission released its report into...
Employer’s are quite good at identifying issues in the workplace by instinct – does it meet the “sniff test”; does something smell “fishy”? Recent revelations suggest...
I nterviews for employment are problematic. The employee wants to impress; often the employer wants to impress too. All too often the hard questions are not asked....
The usual line taken by government Ministers is that they do not get involved in operational matters. But the latest meddling in operational issues is playing out...
The Fair Work Commissions in Australia has recently ordered Virgin Australia to reinstate an aircrew employee after he had been dismissed earlier this year after being...
Changes to employment law in Australia came into effect last week that would enable the Fair Work Commission to provide platform or gig economy drivers, food delivery...
Human Resources Magazine EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS David Burton Flexibility at work comes with risk? While we await the Court of Appeal’s ruling on the recent Uber cases,...
It all seems rather “Trumpian” in New Zealand politics at present. Do we need to do a factcheck before even contemplating the accuracy of statements being made by...
A decision of the Employment Court in late July is the latest decision that confirms that the cost of unjustifiably dismissing an employee is getting higher. It follows...
Bringing up children takes work , often a lot of work. “It takes a village to raise a child” is an African proverb that means an entire community of people must...
