The Employment Leave Bill has now passed into law, introducing significant changes to New Zealand’s leave entitlements and payment calculations. The new Employment Leave Act 2026 will replace the Holidays Act 2003, with the main changes taking effect from 6 August 2028. This gives employers and payroll providers approximately two years to prepare. Key changes…
It is clearly an election year, and immigration has taken centre stage in much of the debate running up to the big day in November. Immigration is one of those topics that gets pretty good political traction when you are trying to stir up votes. Unfortunately, the attention tends to focus on the negative, rather…
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In late 2025, the Government announced changes to the Skilled Migrant Category (SMC) that would eventually see the light of day in August 2026. Last week, further details of those changes were announced, including occupations that would be placed on two new lists (the Red and Amber lists). This article follows on from the last…
The Government recognises that the current Holidays Act has been a source of frustration for workers, employers, and payroll providers for a long time. To address these concerns, the Government is prioritising reforms to the Holiday Act. The Holidays Act Taskforce The Holidays Act Taskforce was set up by the previous Government in response to…
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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