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How do I pay my relief milker? One of the most common queries coming across the Payroll desk is “How can I pay my relief milker?” Some relief milkers will refuse to accept work unless paid in cash, ‘under the table’, and this puts the employer in a difficult position. Someone is needed to do […]

Employee injuries at Christmas Parties As an employer are you liable to pay first week ACC if your employee injures themselves at the work Christmas Party? Short answer, no. If an injury has taken place at a work party or event ACC would class this as a social event meeting. Therefore, it wouldn’t fall into

my employee came to work on boxing day, but went home sick… Ask any employer that needs to operate their business on a Public Holiday, and you can almost guarantee that at some point, a team member has come in to work their Public Holiday and have needed to finish early due to illness. We

Looking at farm compliance as a cost to your business is now an outdated view.  While it may not be creating value, it is protecting the value of your business, with multiple financial implications for not complying with regulations today. These include; fines for breaching regulations, missing out on premium payments from Farm Assurance Programmes

Are you feeling burned out from business?The last three years have been demanding and exhausting for many business owners. The challenges have been relentless, and we know many small business owners have had to navigate unprecedented demands because of the pandemic and related government regulations. Burnout results from long-term stress and can manifest in emotional

Our business environment has been challenging for some time, and it is likely to continue in the near future. There are pressures with rising costs from suppliers, wage costs increasing, and an inability to attract new employees, just to name a few. Being an election year business owners have elevated levels of uncertainty with potential

You might be considering offering some kind of incentive or bonus for your staff. It’s important to be aware that there are two types of bonuses an employer can give, an incentive payment or a discretionary bonus, and they are quite different. An incentive payment is generally paid on a regular basis if X Y

The Taxation Principles Reporting Bill was recently introduced to Parliament stating that “The Government would like to increase the public’s understanding of the tax system and promote informed debate and discussion about its future”.   The Bill proposes 7 principles that are to be “universally accepted” as underpinning the design of good tax policy.  The principles