Employee leave entitlement – where to begin? In 2019 the Government established the Holidays Act Taskforce to suggest improvements to the Holiday Act 2003. The taskforce included employers, workers, and government representatives and the purpose was to address the lack of clarity regarding an employer’s obligations and an employee’s leave entitlements. A report was subsequently…
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Determining parental leave entitlements including eligibility, payments, and return to work can be somewhat complicated. Before you get into the details there are two factors you need to determine first – who is the primary carer and do they meet the six, or 12-month eligibility criteria? The birth mother is assumed to be the primary…
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Legislation for the 90-day trial period has been in effect for many years. However, various adjustments have been made during this time. While a lot of businesses are using the 90-day trial period correctly, we often hear from managers who have questions or misconceptions around it. To provide some clarity we have outlined a brief…
A note from Lisa Hill, Managing Director April 2020 marked my having been in the recruitment industry for 20 years. It’s remarkable to think that it was all the way back in late April 2000 when I first joined the industry. It involved a leap of faith (and a big salary drop!) to embrace a…
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By Anna van den Berg, Recruitment Administrator and Communications Assistant Last month, the Eclipse team were among those who had the privilege of attending the North Harbour Business Women in Business event with keynote speaker, Paula Bennett. After the event, I caught up with Leanne Wallace, senior consultant at Eclipse Recruitment, and Renate Molloy from…
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With the extension of paid parental leave from 18 to 22 weeks now in force (from 1 July 2018 – and plans to extend to 26 weeks by 2020), we thought it was timely to talk about managing your recruitment strategy for maternity leave contracts. Firstly, a recap of key aspects to the law (there…
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After recent media reports about lower business confidence, we are pleased to note that it has been another busy quarter here at Eclipse. Being in the recruitment industry, we do tend to gain an insight into how businesses are faring and currently we are seeing both new roles being created and existing roles being replaced….
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It’s been another busy start to the year in recruitment – both for our own business and for our clients. After a somewhat quieter than usual recruitment market post-election, it’s been encouraging to see that the New Year has brought an influx of roles of all types and levels from a wide variety of industries….
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It’s been eight years now since the 90 Day Trial Period legalisation came into effect – so you would think that we are all well aware of the ins and outs of the law. While a lot of businesses are using it correctly, there are still a lot of managers who have questions or misconceptions…
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If you have a PA, EA, or in fact any office support in your office, you must consider the Conferenz Office & PA show next year! We attended as both a sponsor and I presented a session called ‘Recruitment Bootcamp’. The resounding feedback from the delegates was that it was a fantastic event where they…
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