This week: The Young Workers Resource Centre are taking on the case of an unjustified dismissal, so Tony and Mel are discussing the ins and outs of dismissals and explaining some of the things that help identify where issues lay.
We’re introducing the YWRC’s newest recruit Kauri, and getting stuck in once again to the massive topic of paid time off work and specifically Annual Leave.
This week: Over the past week we’ve been asked a number of times whether it’s against the law to discuss your pay rate with other employees. So we’re busting myths and setting the record straight around talking about your salary and/or wages.
This week: We’re bringing you Part II of Tony’s yarn about unions with Melissa Ansell-Bridges. If you’ve ever or never wondered what the big deal is, this is your chance to get down with the details of why joining a union is so important.
This week: We dive right into the depths of industrial relations and trade unions. Tony chats to expert in workplace relations Melissa Ansell-Bridges from the NZ Council of Trade Unions in this special episode (Part One — Part Two next week).
This week: The #ToolboxPodcast embarks on Round 2 of your employment-related COVID Questions, in particular pertaining to Alert Level 3. Once again joined by Kerri Bell from DTI Lawyers, we get down and dirty with some of your trickiest conundr
This week: The Young Workers Toolbox is back from the depths of isolation, and recording remotely to bring you some tips, tricks, and hints on working from home, and forgiving yourself for not being quite as productive as you’d like. Tune in!
This week: we bring you a special one-hour episode of the #ToolboxPodcast to answer some of YOUR employment-related COVID-19 questions. Naturally money, getting paid, and having a job to go back to are on the minds of many, so this week we podc
It’s on the minds and lips of almost everyone in the world, it’s shut country borders, disrupted education, and has the potential to effect thousands of working Kiwis... How to manage work, sick leave, coronavirus, and the increasing possibilit
What do you do if you’ve called in sick, and your boss insists that you aren’t sick enough to take a day off? You check out this week’s #ToolboxPodcast and get a handle on exactly what your rights are, then you go and have a yarn... Tune in.
This week: We’re digesting, and wrapping our heads around the complicated subject of independent contracting. It’s becoming increasingly more prevalent as some employers are exposed hiring contractors, but treating them like employees. What’s t
This week: How do you seek access to employment justice, who do you talk to, and how much does it cost? Recently, we’ve been having conversations around accessibility of services that support rangatahi in work, and today we dissect what that me
This week: The dynamic duo are giving you some tips, tricks, and yarns around making the most of your work time, in order to really participate in and enjoy your non-work time. How to leave your work at work, organise your to-do lists, and a wh
This week: We’re forecasting the year ahead, and talking about a bunch of things that all workers should be keeping an ear out for with the 2020 General Elections approaching, and employment law under scrutiny every day. Do you know your rights
This week: For the first show of the new year, Tony has a countdown of some of his favourite songs about work, social commentary and sticking it to the man.
This week: Our Christmas gift to you is using our last #ToolboxPodcast for 2019 to bust some common employment myths wide open! Annoyingly, there are a few things we get asked all the time about working, and we want you to know what’s common pr
This week: We have some tips, tricks, and advice for anyone and everyone slogging it out in the hospitality industry over the Summer period. It’s a tricky business, and navigating it all can be even trickier which is why the #ToolboxPodcast has
This week: Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer wants you to be aware of your employment rights leading into the season of public holidays, annual leave, and Summer shenanigans; and the #ToolboxPodcast duo do too, so they’re going back over your most
This week: Instead of choosing one subject this week, we’ve chosen them all! In the name of answering YOUR questions, we’re covering, rehashing, discussing, and bantering on topics ranging from discrimination to transport obligations. Get among