30-plus companies trial 4-day week across ANZ
A new four-day week pilot is underway, as over 30 companies and almost 1000 workers across Australia and New Zealand get an extra day per...
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Employee Engagement in a Hybrid World
How to Sustain and Strengthen Corporate Culture The pandemic will be remembered as the catalyst to workplace change. It sparked the...
Employee loyalty no laughing matter. Or is it?
A new monthly laughter subscription model has been launched to help Kiwi businesses boost morale and connection. Finding the positive...
Neurodivergent workers overlooked in NZ
Research shows that neurodivergent Kiwis in workplaces are at risk of being overlooked, with a third reporting their condition has...
Activate Tāmaki Makaurau supports 12,000 businesses
Between December 2021 and June 2022, more than 12,000 Auckland businesses impacted by COVID-19 accessed support through Activate Tāmaki...
Show us the workers
A recent survey of EMA members showed that 100 percent of responding employers with vacancies were struggling to fill...
The link between worker retention & company values
New State of the Workplace research reveals that company values are the new currency when it comes to employee retention in a post-covid...
Covid cavalier or cautious? The impact of office anxiety
New AUT research reveals that half of Kiwi employees are suffering at least a moderate level of anxiety about returning to the...
Is a culture of compliance an obstacle to workplace H&S?
A culture of compliance does not necessarily make a safety culture, as evidenced by the ongoing problem of workplace accidents – a local...
Flexibility rules among employee benefits
Kiwi job seekers and employees are prioritising flexible working hours over any other benefits companies may be offering, according to a...
Taking leadership on mental health
Todd Westwood has advice on how to get your employees mentally match fit. In the workplace, mental health is sometimes more important than...
Aussie track & trace software aids Kiwi businesses
New software developed in Australia aims to give New Zealand businesses confidence that their Covid-19 testing programmes are keeping...
Short Notice initiative keeps small businesses busy
Short Notice is a brand new service designed to help small businesses find staff… at very short notice. Do you know your way around...
‘Outsourcing’ needn’t be a dirty word
Outsourcing arrangements can be mutually beneficial if the focus is on acquiring critical IT skills rather than securing cheap labour,...
Millennials most at risk of quitting
New research shows that the biggest drop in workplace wellbeing is being seen in Kiwis aged 25-34, and are potentially the most likely to...
Workers’ confidence in the economy plummets
Kiwi workers’ confidence in the New Zealand economy has reached its lowest point on record, according to the latest ELMO Employee...
Businesses urged to give feedback on modern slavery
A proposed new law to address modern slavery will have an impact on New Zealand’s SMEs and the sector is being urged to provide views...
Businesses must embrace tech to optimise H&S
New Zealand businesses are being encouraged to embrace global technology trends to optimise workplace health and safety. With more New...
The future of meetings
Futurist Dave Wild explains the dynamics of meetings in a hybrid world. How they help business leaders create stronger connections....
Finding, and keeping, great teams
Fiona Clark provides a straightforward guide to building, and maintaining, the best team possible for a post-pandemic workplace. There is a...
Are you ready for the next brain drain?
Borders reopening might exacerbate the talent shortage at least for the next year. However, recruitment specialist Stephanie Richardson...
Employers falling short on wellbeing support
New research highlights that New Zealand employers are falling short with wellbeing support, driving team burn out and fuelling the...
Mondayisation: Is your business overpaying staff?
The chances of staff getting overpaid or underpaid is at an all-time high as a growing number of Kiwi SMEs are confused and...
Workplace fatigue at an all-time high
Burnout became the catch cry of the pandemic working world. However two years on, people are feeling more burnt out and tired at work than...
How to hold on to your staff
With the ‘Great Resignation‘ looming, it is important businesses prepare strategies to avoid a mass loss of employees, writes Alex...
How to avoid those job ad red flags
Kirsty Anne Ferguson highlights the biggest job ad red flags according to Kiwi job-seekers and explains how businesses can avoid them....
Supporting an excellent cause
It’s time to unleash the power of the Kiwi business community. Time to rally behind one of New Zealand’s most well-known industry...
Covid variants trigger workplace concerns
New research has revealed that 64 percent of workers are concerned about being in the workplace as new Covid variants spread throughout the...
Popularity of branded masks may come back to bite SMEs
A New Zealand health and safety company is warning employers to avoid issuing workers with branded cloth...
How to hold onto your best people
In light of the so-called ‘Great Resignation’, Frances Bearne from Human Focus Consulting shares smart strategies to help business...