How to manage sexual and racial harassment complaints in the workplace. Sexual and racial harassment complaints in the workplace can have a serious and ongoing negative effect for all involved. It is essential that they...
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Finding and recruiting top talent should be a priority for all retailers. Here are some helpful recruitment and interview tips.
Paying staff on public holidays. To work out an employee’s entitlements to holidays and leave, you need to know whether the day is “an otherwise working day” for the employee. That is, is it a day that...
Like to play music? You’re not alone if you like to play music in store. It can be good for team morale, and helps keep your customers in a shop-happy mood. Spotify, CDs, the radio and other music services are all...
Retail NZ's 2019 survey showed that cash is still critical for most retail businesses.
What do you need to know about the big shopping days at the end of the year? There are several major shopping events that occur from Labour Weekend each year. Find out when they take place, making your store and website...
Are you attracting employees with enticing work perks, wages and flexible working arrangements? Employers want to do the right thing and pay their staff a good wage. On top of that, they’d like to be able to offer...
New rules about public holiday entitlements for staff working ANZAC Day. ANZAC Day always falls on 25 April. In 2020, that day is a Saturday. As always, most shops need to be closed until 1pm on Saturday 25th...
Closedowns over the summer months. The Holidays Act allows your businesses to closedown once per year, allowing your staff to take annual holidays, refresh and recharge for, in most cases, the Christmas break. However...
Take your security walk. We’ve created a basic checklist for you to prepare your business ahead of the Christmas season. This audit will help you easily identify problem areas when it comes to retail crime, loss...
