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The Best Way To Deal With A Problem Employee

At some point in your career as a manager, you are going to come across a difficult employee. They come in all shapes and sizes. They could be negligent of their duties, they could stir the office pot every chance they get, they could be a bully, or they could be absent more than they are there. Whatever form your problem employee takes, you are going to have to deal with them. So we have put together our recommendation on the steps you take. Don’t let a problem employee suck all of the time o...

Save Paper and Do It Online – Why Cloud Based Software Is Better

Don’t worry about having to pay for expensive upgrades, or whether your software capabilities will fall behind your competitors. With a cloud programme, you will always be operating on the most up to date version. But here is the greatest part. Even though you will be running the latest and greatest in software, you don’t need to outlay thousands on computer hardware to support it. Most cloud systems will run on a standard, no frills laptop or device....

How To Manage Workplace Hazards In Your Business

Every business will have risks and workplace hazards. The type of risks will depend on the kind of business you run. Regardless of the risks that are present at your workplace, the most important thing is to identify them, and have a plan in place to deal with them. Let’s look at how you might do that at your workplace....

Recent Changes To The Employment Relations Act – May 2019

Recent Changes To The Employment Relations Act – May 2019 As an employer, it is your responsibility to stay on top of any legal changes that could impact yourstaff. Failure to do this could see you in breach of employment law. That is a place that no one wants to be! You, of course, want to make sure that your business is well protected and that your staff have a safe and healthy environment to work in. But sometimes it can be hard to keep up. Recently, there were chan...

Safeplus Is Here – What Is It And How Does It Help?

New Zealand’s rate of serious workplace injury, fatality and illness is abnormally high. This costs the country a lot of money (somewhere in the region of $3.5 billion a year) and causes an enormous emotional toll on friends and family members involved. So the brilliant minds at Worksafe New Zealand, ACC and the MBIE have worked together to create a system designed to improve workplace health and safety. That system is Safeplus....

Has New Legislation Reduced Workplace Deaths?

Has the new legislation managed to reduce the number of workplace deaths in New Zealand? In short, the answer is no. The updated Health and Safety legislation issued a year ago was designed to make workplaces safer and prevent workplace deaths. But despite the new legislations and the tightened regulations, seven people have died in workplace related accidents within a recent three-week period. What is causing it? Could these deaths be prevented? Let’s explore what is happening....