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Fantastic News for Migrant Workers, But Is It Good News for Your Business?
There were huge sighs of relief across the country recently when the Government announced a new one-off residence visa pathway for some temporary work visa holders in New Zealand. If you were one of the ...
Easier Visas Renewals – The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Many business owners breathed a huge sigh of relief on Friday 16 July when Immigration New Zealand announced that compulsory employer accreditation has been deferred until mid-2022 and Essential Skills visas can now be extended ...
Restructuring to survive the impacts of COVID-19
As a direct result of the Covid-19 lockdown and the subsequent economic impacts, a business saw a big drop in forward sales and realised pretty quickly that changes had to be made to the structure ...
What constitutes a restructure?
When you make any significant changes to the roles, positions, or terms of employment of your staff then you are in fact changing the structure of your business, hence the name restructuring. You may decide ...
Business planning in the face of NZ’s growing skills shortage
The skills shortage is consistently cited as the biggest issue faced by New Zealand businesses and, thanks to current border closures, it will only get worse. There are extreme restrictions on who can enter New ...
The hidden costs of recruitment
Recruiting a new person is a pain. No two ways about it. It costs time and money, and you don't always get a result. Have you ever put an ad on TradeMe or Seek, paid ...