Are your HR procedures exposing you to risk?
Contents
- Worker gets $12,000 over wrongful dismissal
- Salad bar worker unjustifiably dismissed by text message
- Auckland company fined after worker finger tip
- Woman fired while on sick leave awarded compensation
- How can you ensure that your business doesn't face huge compensation payments?
- Give your HR processes a FREE diagnostic right now:
- Need some help filling the gaps in your HR processes?
Have you noticed how many headlines there are in the NZ Herald at the moment about companies that have fallen foul of employment law?
Getting it wrong can be extremely costly, as the examples below show.
And notice how these articles are all from August 2013… there are a lot of businesses paying compensation at the moment:
Worker gets $12,000 over wrongful dismissal
Employers did not follow the correct procedure when terminating the employment of a woman in Tauranga. The employers have been ordered to contribute $6,000 towards lost remuneration and a further $3,000 as compensation. 9 August 2013.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=10910541
Salad bar worker unjustifiably dismissed by text message
The employee was awarded $6,000 in compensation for distress and humiliation, because the employer unjustifiable accused them of theft. 19 August 2013.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11111028
Auckland company fined after worker loses finger tip
A worker was awarded $25,000 after losing the tip of a finger in an accident that has been described as “avoidable”. 15 August 2013.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10912959
Woman fired while on sick leave awarded compensation
The company didn’t believe that the employee was sick, and didn’t follow the Employment Act in dismissing her. The employee was awarded $2,500 compensation. 22 August 2013.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11112822
How can you ensure that your business doesn’t face huge compensation payments?
The best way of ensuring that your business doesn’t face these avoidable fines is to make sure that your HR procedures are in order.
Give your HR processes a FREE diagnostic right now:
Take Recruit NZ’s free DIY HR audit, and discover what you’re doing well – and what’s leaving you wide open to expensive legal claims.
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Go on – spend a few minutes doing this now. It could save you thousands of dollars in the future.
Next step:
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