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Sylvie Thrush Marsh, Chief Evangelist

Sylvie Thrush Marsh, Chief Evangelist
After completing three degrees in five years, Sylvie cut her teeth on HR administration before moving into a national recruitment role. She heads our advisory team at MyHR, guiding clients on restructuring and redundancies, disciplinaries and performance management, recruitment, talent management, and everything in between.
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Recent Posts

Employment and tenancy
: Providing employee accommodation

MyHR often gets questions from clients and employers about whether they can provide accommodation for their employees, and how this affects their remuneration and tax obligations.

The crucial role of people management in not-for-profits

People are the heart of every successful not-for-profit (NFP) or community organisation, from managers and employees driving the mission to volunteers providing essential support.

Understanding today’s workplace trends

Employers, managers, and HR professionals are navigating a complex environment in 2024, with a slowing economy, continuing cost and wage pressures, legislative changes, and striking the right balance

Dealing with the death of an employee

It is not uncommon for employers and small businesses to have to respond to the death of an employee – 20% of deaths in NZ in 2021 were of people under the age of 65.

Paying part-time and casual staff

Managing pay and leave can be a real challenge for business owners and managers, and it’s even harder when your employees don’t work regular hours or have consistent schedules.

What can we learn from Supie’s demise?

The unfortunate demise of Supie, the online supermarket that set out to challenge the “Big 2” supermarket duopoly in NZ, has been all over the news.

Building a high performance culture

We were stoked to partner with the One NZ Warriors in August 2023 for an honest, practical, and inspiring event looking at building a high performance culture. Andrew Webster (Head Coach of the One

Pay transparency in the workplace: Exciting, scary, or both?

In and amongst the many other policy irons in the fire this year (negotiation for Fair Pay Agreements being underway, review of the Holidays Act, and changes to immigration settings), are calls for

TodayFM closure: A case study on what NOT to do

The public woes of MediaWorks continue with the resignation of their Chief People Officer, Paula Williams.

Her departure comes shortly after MediaWorks provided a high-profile case study on what not

Building a case for restructuring your business

In these challenging economic times, many businesses may find they need to change the way they operate, to save money, be more efficient, or take advantage of new opportunities.