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COVID-19 Alert Level 4: Update 2 – 28 March 2020
The government has now made a significant amendment to yesterday’s directives. The Minister of Finance Grant Robertson has just made an announcement amending employers’ wage subsidy

We’re Still Open for Business
Hi everyone, We would like to reassure you that we are open for business as usual. We are fortunate that each of our team are

COVID-19 Alert Level 4: Questions and Answers
With New Zealand being elevated to Level 4 with a lockdown from 11:59pm tonight (Wednesday, 25 March 2020), these unprecedented circumstances have resulted in frequently

Government’s COVID-19 Leave and Self-Isolation Scheme
The Government’s “Go Hard, Go Early, Contain COVID-19” Strategy introduces leave payments to support employees, self-employed and contractors who are unable to work due to

COVID-19 Questions and Answers
In light of the developing COVID-19 pandemic, and the New Zealand Government’s recent directives on 14 March 2020, we have received various queries from clients.

Around the Watercooler – Disclosing the Reason for Dismissal
Gone are the days, it seems, that an employer can dismiss an employee and then send an office-wide email to give the gossip. Under the Privacy