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New Zealand’s construction industry is growing rapidly. In recent years, the industry has used a ‘lowest price model’ approach when awarding construction projects. This has led construction companies to cut costs and under cut each other to secure tenders.
The Commerce Commission (“the Commission”) recently took issue with Hell Pizza as a result of its online advertising of the “Burger Pizza”.
The Court of Appeal at the end of June held in Bushline and Coomey v ANZ that ANZ’s representations to dairy farmer borrowers were false and of legal consequence
The law regarding break allowances for employees has recently changed.
The Employment Relations Amendment Act 2018 has amended the Employment Relations Act 2000 to state that:
“an employee is entitled to, and the employee’s employer must provide the employee with, rest breaks and meal breaks”.
Are you up to speed with the new changes and what they require?
Trial periods are no longer available for employers with more than 19 employees
If you are an employer that relies on trial period provisions when employing new employees, you need to be aware that the law has now changed.
If you have over 19 employees, you can no longer use a 90 day trial period and any attempt to use one will not be effective. A new approach is needed.
The Employment Relations Amendment Bill 2018 was passed on 5 December. There are 3 stages of changes, taking effect the day after the date the Bill becomes an Act (expected to be this week), 6 months after the date the Bill becomes an Act, and then 6 May 2019.
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