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2025 recipient for the BFA annual accounting scholarship announced
2025 recipient for the BFA annual Accounting Scholarship announced.
Holiday Pay at Christmas: What NZ Employers Need to Know
For employers the Christmas season is a time to ensure you’re on top of your obligations around holiday pay. Here’s a quick guide to help small business owners stay compliant and stress-free.
Calculating the Minimum Wage
Calculating the minimum wage is easy when your employees have regular hours. It’s a little more complicated when your business is seasonal.
Battling burnout in the workplace - what is it, what causes it and how to reduce the risk in your business
Workplace burnout is becoming the new norm for many businesses. Workloads are high, budgets are tight, technology keeps us busy 24/7 and finding balance is challenging.
The barriers to mental health services for young rural men
Living in rural and remote areas often means people can feel socially isolated. This can contribute to stress, anxiety and depression which can have a detrimental effect on people's mental health.
How do you make your business better?
Starting a trade business is an exciting adventure, but also a challenging one. You have to plan, market, hire, and more. And you have to do it all while climbing a steep mountain of growth.
How training your staff increases the skill set in your business
Spending time training staff who are new to your business is a must, but not many people think about upskilling existing staff so that the skill set in your business increases.
How to create Ergonomic Workspaces for Healthier, Happier Employees
We all know that health and safety is important when you work a physically demanding job, but what about when you spend large amounts of time sitting in an office or standing for long periods during the day?
The cost of keeping an employee vs hiring a new employee
The cost of keeping an employee vs hiring a new employee. For many businesses the cost of wages/salaries are their biggest cost each year.
Some tips to help combat work stress
If you own a business, you know it can be stressful. It’s especially stressful if you’re doing it by yourself and don’t have a business partner to brainstorm and bounce ideas off.
How to avoid common payroll mistakes
Payroll is one of the most undervalued areas of business. Yet if it’s not well managed, it has the capacity to cause the biggest headaches.
Keeping tabs on stressed staff - why you need to check in
A Southland counsellor, who has been researching mental health issues facing young men in the rural sector, has confirmed what she suspected: there’s a perception of shame in speaking up.
Applying to become an accredited migrant employer
Interested in hiring migrant workers? Applications are now open to become an ‘accredited employer’, which allows you to employ migrants using a new Accredited Employer Work Visa.
Building resilience in your people
Building a healthy workplace is a win-win situation for both employers and employees, but it can be a challenge to create an environment that truly supports mental health and builds resilience.