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90 Day Trials

90-day trials and probationary periods

  • January 22nd, 2020
2 min read
John Shingleton, managing director of First Law – www.firstlaw.co.nz   Since May 2019, if you employ more than 19 employees, you are no longer permitted to have any new employees on a 90-da...
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diversity and inclusion

The benefits of diversity and inclusion

  • August 8th, 2019
4 min read
By Colleen Jones, director of Jones Consultancy Have you noticed that diversity and inclusion has become a more common topic in business conversation lately? Increasingly organisations are responding ...
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Getting Paid

GETTING PAID: Nine ways to load the odds in your favour

  • August 8th, 2019
5 min read
by Daniel Fitzpatrick, business coach at Next Level Tradie. Its 3am. Luke can’t sleep. Why? His biggest customer owes him just shy of $50,000. And he’s worried they’re not going to pay.  It’s been eig...
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Traps to look out for in a building dispute

  • May 30th, 2019
5 min read
Commerical lawyer, Geoff Hardy Everyone knows the old saying that the only winners in court cases are the lawyers.   That reflects the reality that the traditional system of suing in the courts (...
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Getting Paid

Bringing disputes to a satisfactory end

  • May 30th, 2019
3 min read
By Jeff Walters and Andy Glenie Improving outcomes for all parties when relationships break down Increased pressure on the construction industry is bringing with it increased disagreement between prin...
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Builder licensing – separating the facts from the fiction

  • April 9th, 2019
5 min read
For a lot of people involved in the building trade, the requirement to be “licensed” is nothing new – take architects, engineers, plumbers, electricians, gasfitters, and lawyers for example. Commerica...
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Legislative changes affecting the construction sector

  • April 9th, 2019
3 min read
The Government has recently announced that minimum wages will increase to $17.70 an hour on 1 April 2019. By Marcus Beveridge and Tina Hwang from Queen City Law   We would assume that nobody in t...
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The Construction Contracts Act is broken and needs fixing

  • April 9th, 2019
3 min read
Almost every time we hear about a main contractor being liquidated, we also hear subcontractors will be left out of pocket. Why is it that? Jeff Walters, specialist in property and construction law, K...
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