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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

Proposed law change to make it easier to dismiss staff

A private member’s bill introduced to parliament in November 2024 seeks to change the Employment Relations Act to allow employers to initiate negotiations with employees to end the employment

Personal grievances: New income cap for unjustified dismissal claims

The government has announced proposed changes to the Employment Relations Act that will set a $180,000 income cap for pursuing unjustified dismissal personal grievances - something we haven’t seen

Personal grievances: Change to increase scrutiny of employee conduct

The government has announced a proposed update to the Employment Relations Act that will give more weight to an employee’s behaviour when awarding remedies for personal grievance claims.

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