All posts tagged "business"

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  142

  Fast Facts

  Largest goods trade deficit for almost a decade

  New Zealand’s goods trade deficit reached a near 10-year high in the March 2018 quarter, Stats NZ said. The goods trade shortfall...

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  148

  Fast Facts

  New energy sector model for New Zealand

  The energy sector is taking the lead in developing a model for its own future.

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  155

  News and Views

  Governance of regulatory bodies

  Governance in the public sector has always been a vexed question and a report released by The New Zealand Initiative probes this...

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  97

  Fast Facts

  Employment changes not good for flexibility, productivity

  BusinessNZ says proposed changes to employment law should be carefully scrutinised to ensure the strengths of the current employment relations framework are...

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  185

  News and Views

  Employment law plans could destroy trust

  Proposed employment law changes are a step backwards, and could destroy trust relationships between employers and employees and result in lower productivity,...

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  146

  News and Views

  Employment Bill closing

  BusinessNZ urges businesses to make a submission on the Employment Relations Amendment Bill before the closing date of Good Friday 2018.

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  166

  Fast Facts

  Employers want 90-day trial periods to stay

  Employers have repeatedly told the EMA that 90-day trial periods are a valuable and useful asset to have when employing staff and...

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  Fast Facts

  Employers urged to submit on proposed changes to employment relations

  The EMA is urging business to submit on the Employment Relations Amendment Bill before the close off date of March 30 2018.

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  163

  News and Views

  NZ economy – offshore assistance

  The BusinessNZ Planning Forecast for the March 2018 quarter shows the New Zealand economy continuing to perform at a satisfactory level, assisted...

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  Whos Who

  No. 1 wine brand in New Zealand for fourth consecutive year

  For the fourth year in a row Villa Maria has been named one of the most admired wine brands in the world....