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NZ’s Most Reputable Organisations

In New Zealand’s first major peer review of reputation, NZ Management magazine and global business consultancy Hay Group reveal our Most Reputable Organisations. Reg Birchfield analyses the insights that emerged.

Reputation can be a forgetful and unforgiving companion. Abuse it and chances are it will bite back. Leave it unattended and suddenly it has gone. Pay attention to it, and few marketplace strategies deliver so profoundly.

Air New Zealand, NZ Management magazine’s first Most Reputable Organisation, is living proof of how a good reputation can create a Kiwi icon. And similarly honoured in the study are Kiwibank, named our Most Reputable State Owned Enterprise; New Zealand Police, voted as New Zealand Most Reputable Government Department; and The Salvation Army, declared our Most Reputable Not- For-Profit Organisation.

The value of a good reputation has, in the past year or so, become more apparent and shot to the top of the...

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Infozone - Dept of LabourResource for Business Owners

A productive workplace is one where people are safe, healthy, and treated fairly. Creating this sort of environment helps organisations recruit and retain skilled staff, minimise employment relationship problems, and avoid tragic and costly accidents.

The Department of Labour has launched a new web resource called Infozone: Business Essentials. This is an online resource that provides simple straight forward employment relations and health & safety information for business owners. The resource tells you what you need to know, what steps to put in place and then provides templates, documents and spreadsheets to apply to your business.

The Department of Labour has produced two new resources to assist businesses. The Big Six is a series of brochures that contain checklists and links to further information which businesses commonly seek: health and safety; hiring new employees; pay; holidays and leave; managing performance; and ending employment relationships. The Big Six is available to download from the Department’s website. The Code of Employment Practice on Infant Feeding was developed to provide assistance to assist employers and employees on how to provide unpaid breaks (in addition to rest and meal breaks) and appropriate facilities for women who wish to breastfeed their babies during a work period.

To find out more about the Big Six, visit www.dol.govt.nz/big6
To find about the code, visit Code of Employment Practice on Infant Feeding

Employment Information

All employees have minimum rights and entitlements - including casual employees.. The New Zealand Department of Labour has provided NZIM with a Word document relating to the employment of Casual Employees. The topics covered include:

  • What is casual employment?
  • Employment agreements
  • Annual holidays
  • Public holidays
  • Sick leave and bereavement leave
  • Ending an Employment Relationship

The NZIM/ Brookers 2006-07 New Zealand Salary Benchmarks

Please note that the Salary Benchmarks survey will not be conducted for the 2007 - 08 year.

As featured in the December issue of Management, the NZIM has recently undertaken a national salary survey in conjunction with Brookers. The results have been collated and analysed, and the final report is now available.

The 2006-07 New Zealand Salary Benchmarks has been prepared using data collected from 404 New Zealand businesses. The organisations were selected from members of the NZIM and third-party lists of New Zealand employers (across all industries).

Survey responses were confidentially collated, analysed, and summarised by an independent research consultant. The final report gives the remuneration details of 57 common positions and includes the following information for each position:

  • Total package remuneration details (including base salary, performance-based remuneration, superannuation, other allowances, and the provision of medical insurance and vehicles);
  • A detailed break-down of leave entitlements; and
  • A forecast of salary movement over the next 12 months.

Click here for a sample of the salary survey (a 13 page PDF).

This report usually retails for $225 (ex GST). NZIM members are entitled to purchase the report at the special discounted price of $175 (ex GST). To secure your copy at this special discount, download the order form and fax or freepost it to Brookers.

For further information, call Brookers Customer Care on 0800 10 60 60 or email service@brookers.co.nz.

Editorial Archives

You can search the New Zealand Institute of Management editorial archives which include all articles published in NZ Management (including the Director) and Marketing Magazine since the beginning of 2000.

The Complete Guide to Good Governance

As an NZIM member we would like to offer this book to you at the special price of $59.95 plus postage & packaging. Download the PDF order form.

 

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