EMA AdviceLine receives record number of enquiries from businesses looking for restructuring advice in Q1
A record number of businesses sought advice about redundancies in the first three months of the year.
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How to avoid unintended consequences when restructuring staff
When done properly, restructures can streamline operations, cut costs, and position your business for future success.
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Easter Sunday is not a public holiday – give retailers the freedom to open
The EMA says the current law regulating Easter Sunday trading hours causes confusion for retailers throughout the country.
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Reducing red tape for small businesses will ensure better health and safety compliance
Reducing unnecessary paperwork for small, low-risk businesses will allow them to focus on the critical risks that are capable of causing serious injury, death or illness in the workplace, says the EMA.
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How to manage difficult employees effectively
You may have worked with this person in a business or organisation: someone who’s keen for a chat, who wants to share a drama, checks their phone constantly, or maybe they have an errand to run.
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How enforceable are restraints of trade?
It’s a nightmare scenario for any employer when a former staff member tries to poach the company’s clients after their employment ends.
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Summer festival sickies, or something more sensitive? Mauro Barsi on how employers should fix absenteeism
Summer festival sickies, or a more sensitive subject? Absenteeism takes many shapes – and can be a significant productivity issue.
Have 90-day employment trials been worth it?
It’s been just over a year since the coalition Government reintroduced 90-day employment trials for all businesses.
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Unemployment numbers show businesses under severe financial pressure
The EMA says Wednesday’s increasing unemployment rate is revealing the true picture of the New Zealand economy and the financial stresses facing Kiwi businesses.
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