Independent Taskforce recommends urgent and sweeping changes of current workplace health and safety system *

New Zealand - May 21 2013
After a 10-month inquiry process, the Independent Taskforce on Workplace Health and Safety issued its findings last month. It recommends urgent and…

Co-authors: Anna Holland, Grace Stacey-Jacobs .

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Government proposes to speed up Authority determinations *

New Zealand - April 30 2013
An Employment Relations Amendment Bill was introduced in Parliament on Friday. The Bill is intended to improve fairness and flexibility in…

Co-authors: Anna Holland.

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Dismissal for criminal conviction justified *

New Zealand - April 10 2013
The Employment Relations Authority recently determined in the case of Hallwright v Forsyth Barr Ltd (March, 2013) that the dismissal of Guy…

Co-authors: Susannah Maxfield.

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KiwiSaver - be prepared for 1 April changes *

New Zealand - March 21 2013
Changes to KiwiSaver and student loan repayments come into effect on 1 April. Employers and employees alike should already have considered the…

Co-authors: Liz Coats.

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Proposed reforms to the taxation of interests in foreign superannuation schemes *

New Zealand - August 31 2012
Reforms have been proposed to the taxation of returns derived by New Zealand residents from foreign superannuation schemes. 

Co-authors: Jarrod Walker.

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