Daily Archives: February 28, 2015

Further Employment Law Changes

The Government has announced that it intends to make a number of changes to employment laws to prohibit unfair practices in the workplace, including the use of “zero hour” contracts. Zero hour contracts are employment arrangements where the employee does not have a set number of hours per week but has to remain available to…

SIGNIFICANT EMPLOYMENT LAW CHANGES, EFFECTIVE 06 MARCH 2015

On 06 March 2015 The Employment Relations Amendment Act came into effect.  The key changes include:-   The Employment Relations Authority has time frames to make determinations; and There are significant and profound changes to collective bargaining which include, parties being able to opt out of multi employer bargaining, removing the 30-day rule for new…