81% of Kiwi Workers Say Their Work Perks Are A Miss
Key insights Only 19% of NZ workers say their workplace benefits are useful and well matched. 66% of Kiwi workers have never been told the dollar value of their benefits. Forced to pick one benefit, 39% of Kiwis chose time and flexibility. A new study by Cultivate found that only 19% of employed New Zealanders […]
Employment Leave Bill New Zealand: What Employers Need to Know
Key Insights Annual and sick leave will accrue in hours from day one. Most employers have a 24-month transition period to prepare. Part-time sick leave will be based on hours worked, not 10 days. For years, New Zealand employers have struggled to apply leave rules consistently, particularly where staff work variable hours, receive allowances or […]
New Zealand Is Rolling Out Its Most Significant Employment Law Overhaul In A Decade
In late 2025, over 100,000 New Zealanders, everyone from nurses to teachers, and firefighters, walked off the job in a historic mega-strike that brought the country to a standstill. Preceded by months of disruptive rolling strikes, the message from the picket lines was unequivocal: the social contract between employers and workers is fracturing. It is […]
How Ageism is Shrinking New Zealand’s Talent Pool
A third of New Zealand’s workforce is over 50, and 85% of them say getting hired gets harder every year. Here’s what that bias is actually costing them. For something that happens to every human on Earth, if we’re lucky, it’s shocking how biased New Zealand employers have become about age. While a third of […]
How Smart NZ Companies Are Responding To A Wobbly Jobs Market
On the surface New Zealand’s jobs market looks pretty good, with employment and wage growth both on the way up. But there’s something fishy going on underneath those numbers. Hours are down, pressure is building in key skill areas, and more and more people are having to take on side-gigs to get by. Employment Hero’s […]