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How to conduct exit interviews: tips for New Zealand employers

Interviewing an employee who is leaving the business is good practice, particularly if you are regularly losing good people or an employee’s resignation has come out of the blue.

HR basics: Offboarding

Taking care of the last part of an employee’s tenure may not seem as important as other stages of employment, but regardless of the reason for the person’s exit or how long they’ve been with you,

9 common mistakes employers make when terminating employment

Ending a person’s employment can be a bit of a minefield. Disagreements, high emotions, personal grievance claims that can lead to court cases - the sorts of things all employers dearly want to avoid.

Terminating employment due to medical incapacity

People often get injured or suffer from illness. For minor ailments like a broken arm or a flu, employees are able to take sick leave or unpaid leave while they recover.

When an employee is no longer

Silent firing

In the years since the Covid pandemic, there has been a lot of talk about “quiet quitting” - when employees disengage and do the bare minimum without actually leaving their job.

But there's a

What to do when an employee doesn't work their notice period

What happens when an employee is about to finish employment with the organisation (either because you have decided to end the employment relationship or they have) and fails to turn up to work out

Constructive dismissal in New Zealand

Sometimes, an employee may feel that things at work are so bad - maybe their boss is treating them really unfairly or hasn’t done anything to remedy issues the person has raised - that they have no

Terminating employment - Part 2: Employee-led termination

In an ideal world, every employment relationship would end neatly and amicably, but the reality is that resignations don’t always happen in writing and retirement sometimes can’t come soon enough.

Terminating employment - Part 1: Employer-led termination

Updated: 27 August 2024

Terminating an employee's employment agreement is not a one-size-fits-all process. But in a world where being a good human matters more than ever, it pays to get it right -