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• recent changes to kiwsaver act
  
  
• the option of lockout
  
  
• dismissed while at father’s deathbed
  
  
• minimum wages
  
  
• Fish or foul - foster caregiver declared employee
  
  
• condemned without evidence – unfair process and th
  
  
• liable for death?
  Could your firm be liable for death?
  
  
• continuity of employment
  Thought Part 6 A of the ERA amendments didn't apply to you? Think again...
  
  
• era changes come into force
  The Employment Relations Amendment (No 2) Act 2004 came into force on 1 December. We look at some of the more controversial aspects.
  
  
• it pays to be sick
  What are the real and immediate effects of the Holidays Act? It seems ironic that legislation intended to benefit the employee will almost certainly come to have the reverse effect.
  
  
• the holidays act 2003
  How will changes to holidays law affect you? The Holidays Act 2003 came into effect on 1 April 2004. We summarise key features of this Act.
  
  
• 'clean slate' law
  This new law will establish a ‘clean slate’ scheme to limit the effect of an individual's convictions, with certain exceptions, if the individual satisfies the relevant eligibility criteria in the Act.
  
  

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