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Easter Trading Laws: Your rights and responsibilities

15 April 2025

As Easter approaches, the Labour Inspectorate is reminding employers and employees to understand their rights and obligations concerning Easter trading laws.

Employment regulation

Changes to remedies in personal grievances process

04 December 2024

Workplace Relations and Safety Minister Brooke van Velden has announced upcoming changes to the Employment Relations Act to strengthen employee accountability in the personal grievances process.

Employment regulation

More flexible dismissal process for high-income employees

29 November 2024

Workplace Relations and Safety Minister Brooke van Velden has announced an upcoming change to the Employment Relations Act that will enable employers to ensure they have the right fit for their high impact leadership and specialist roles.

Employment regulation

Increased certainty for contractors coming

17 September 2024

The Minister for Workplace Relations and Safety Brooke van Velden has announced upcoming changes to the Employment Relations Act to provide greater certainty for contractors and businesses.

Employment regulation

Parental leave payments to increase from 1 July 2024

11 June 2024

The Minister for Workplace Relations and Safety announced today that from 1 July 2024, parental leave payments will increase.

Employment regulation Employment and skills

Holidays Act update

06 June 2024

The Minister for Workplace Relations and Safety Brooke van Velden has made a progress announcement on fixing the Holidays Act 2003.

Employment regulation Business

Opening for business or working this Easter? Know your rights and responsibilities

27 March 2024

The Labour Inspectorate is reminding employers and employees of their rights and responsibilities leading up to the Easter period.

Employment regulation

Minimum wage rising to $23.15 per hour from 1 April 2024

01 February 2024

The Workplace Relations and Safety Minister has announced that the adult minimum wage will be rising to $23.15 per hour from 1 April 2024. This is an increase of 45 cents per hour from the current hourly rate of $22.70.

Employment regulation Workplace relations

Extending the availability of 90-day trial periods to all employers

12 December 2023

The Government has announced its intention to progress legislation to extend the availability of 90-day trial periods to all employers.

Employment regulation

Spring’s Junction Café fined a second time for employment breaches

05 September 2023

Spring’s Junction Café and Motor Inn based in South Island, and its director, must pay $36,000 in penalties after breaching multiple minimum employment standards during the pandemic in 2020. The firm was penalised for similar offences in 2016.

Employment regulation
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