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Shaking Grounds and Safety Obligations: Navigating Earthquake-Prone Buildings with Legal Insight
18 August 2023
When considering next steps for addressing earthquake-prone buildings, building owners must be aware of the obligations they have under not only the Building Act 2004 (“the Building Act”), but also as Persons Conducting a Business or Undertaking (PCBUs) under the Health and Safety at Work Act 2015 (“the Health and Safety at Work Act”), particularly when the building is occupied.
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Shaking Grounds and Safety Obligations: Navigating Earthquake-Prone Buildings with Legal Insight
When considering next steps for addressing earthquake-prone buildings, building owners must be aware of the obligations they have under not only the Building Act 2004 (“the Building Act”), but also as Persons Conducting a Business or Undertaking (PCBUs) under the Health and Safety at Work Act 2015 (“the Health and Safety at Work Act”), particularly when the building is occupied.
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Bulletproof your Business: Tips for Protecting Growth and Success
As you develop your business, it's important to protect yourself and your business for successful growth. Tips we discuss in this article include choosing the right business structure, safeguarding business and personal assets, and documenting business plans early. These steps will help lay the right business foundation, safeguard your interests and prepare you for the unexpected.
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Retention Money Revolution: New Zealand's Construction Industry Braces for Game-Changing Amendments from 5 October 2023
Members of New Zealand’s construction industry should familiarise themselves with upcoming changes to the retention money regime in the Construction Contracts Act 2002 (CCA).
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The Importance of Understanding your Privacy Obligations as a Business Owner and Employer
If you’re a business owner, of any size, it is more than likely you hold private information on file. This private information may be in relation to client and customer details or held on staff files. This article serves as a friendly reminder for all business owners to ensure they are complying with the Privacy Act 2020 (“the Privacy Act”) and minimising any risk of a privacy breach.
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Ford Sumner Turns 17!!
30 September 2022
The Ford Sumner Partners and Staff were delighted to celebrate the business' birthday once again after two years of Covid-19 disruptions.
We want to take this opportunity to say a special thanks to all of those who were able to attend and create such a memorable evening.
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Ford Sumner Turns 17!!
The Ford Sumner Partners and Staff were delighted to celebrate the business' birthday once again after two years of Covid-19 disruptions.
We want to take this opportunity to say a special thanks to all of those who were able to attend and create such a memorable evening.
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2022 Whitireia Scholarship
We are delighted to announce that Verity Hazlett, studying for a Bachelor Social Work, is this year’s recipient.
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Webinar: Business Under Pressure
Join us for our Business Under Pressure webinar, on Thursday 19 May 2022,
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Fair Pay Agreements (FPAs): A Brief Overview
The highly anticipated Fair Pay Agreements Bill (“the Bill”) was introduced to Parliament this week and is expected to shake up the employment law scene.
The Bill provides a framework within which fair pay agreements (“FPAs”) can be bargained The Bill’s objective is to “improve labour market outcomes in New Zealand by enabling employers and employees to collectively bargain industry-wide or occupation-wide minimum employment terms.”
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Case Study
Nelson Airport Case Study
20 August 2019
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Nelson Airport Case Study
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