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26 October 2021

Mandatory Vaccine Order for Health and Disability sector

The Public Health Response (Vaccinations) Amendment Order (No 3) 2021 came into effect at 11.59pm last night, 25 October. The previously indicated date for workers in this sector to receive their first vaccine has changed from 30 October 2021 to 15 November 2021. The second vaccination must now have been given by 1 January 2022.

5 October 2021

Management reporting

This year continues to be challenging for everyone, in particular practice/business owners and their managers as they continue to keep the practice on track against its strategic plans. Central to this are management reports. These are prepared for stakeholders, and measure how the business is going over an extended period at a reasonably high level.

25 August 2021

Covid-19 update

Hope you are all doing well in Level 4. Some subscribers will be operating under Level 4 conditions, others may have some staff working from home and others will be closed. The HealthyPractice team are working from home working from home. If you have questions, you can email us on business@mas.co.nz or call on 0800 800 627. The uncertainty of the situation will no doubt have you considering options, especially if the current lockdown is extended.

3 August 2021

Documenting changes to employment arrangements

We sometimes get queries about how to document agreed changes, or more difficult situations when: • a pattern of work has changed over the years that has not been formalised, or • there was an agreed change for a trial that has continued, and the employee now considers these their regular hours of work.

6 July 2021

Sick leave increases & managing mental health in the workplace

Increase to Sick leave entitlements From 24 July the sick leave entitlement increases to 10 days per year. The extra 5 days is applied after the completion of 6 months continuous employment, or on the next sick leave entitlement anniversary (12 months after the previous entitlement). This means that anyone employed after 24 January 2021 will be entitled to 10 days sick leave.

1 June 2021

Changes in the HealthyPractice team, sick leave changes & cyber security

We’re really pleased to welcome Bryce Pullan to the team as a Business Adviser, he will be working with us on Monday and Tuesday. Like all of the team Bryce has been with MAS for some time and is looking forward to supporting Members and their practices. Bryce joining us, has allowed Chris to achieve her dream of a four-day working week, Tuesday to Friday and Chris is very much enjoying her three-day weekends. Emailing us your queries to business@mas.co.nz generally means we can respond the same day especially if you send before midday. If your query is urgent just let us know in your email subject line or call 0800 800 627 and ask for the HealthyPractice team.