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8 July 2025

Upcoming KiwiSaver changes

The 2025 Budget announced a range of KiwiSaver changes. If you’re an employer or a KiwiSaver member it’s important to understand how KiwiSaver works. The key changes are outlined here.

11 June 2025

What do you need to do when you receive a resignation.

An employee resigns by giving you notice. This will usually be in writing but may sometimes be done verbally. If the employee resigns verbally, you should request that they put their resignation in writing. If written notice is not provided, you should write to them and record their verbal resignation.

8 April 2025

A week in the life of HealthyPractice

So what does an average week look like for us? We review about 50-60 Individual Employment Agreements, contracts for service and letters of offer. Things we commonly adjust include: Agreement type e.g. fixed term, or casual that should be permanent part time Hours of work Trial period dates – remember the notice period can be shorter for this and we recommend 3 days to one week. Letter of offer details don’t match the IEA

13 May 2025

90-day trial periods

Over the last month we have had quite a few queries about 90-day trial periods. These questions have included their validity when there have been paid training days. Paid training days before formalising employment complicates things. Once you pay someone for undertaking work they are seen as an employee, and at this stage you haven’t provided the applicant with any terms and conditions of work in their employment agreement. Having a signed agreement before starting work is a legislative requirement.

11 March 2025

Upcoming Changes

This newsletter we are highlighting upcoming changes – in the near future when you log onto HealthyPractice you will notice that the website has had a refresh and will be sporting the new MAS branding. On 1 April 2025 the adult minimum wage will increase from $23.15 to $23.50. The training wage also increases from $18.52 to $18.80. We are also highlighting some of the Coalition Government changes they are considering making to legislation in the employment space. These will probably be brought before the house in the second half of this year. The changes aim to boost productivity, simplify hiring and firing and reduce compliance costs.

10 December 2024

Christmas Greetings

The years seem to be shorter and shorter and 2024 has passed in a flash. We hope that you are looking forward to some days off as much as we are. It has been another busy year and a very challenging one for many practices.