I.R Thompson Associates Ltd

21/03/2025

Minimum wage is increasing on 1 April 2025. Are you ready?

As a business owner or manager, you need to be ready for the minimum wage rates increase from 1 April 2025.

The details of the increase are:

Adult minimum wage will go up from $23.15 to $23.50 per hour.

Starting-out and training minimum wage will go up from $18.52 to $18.80 per hour.

All rates are before tax and any lawful deductions, for example, PAYE tax, student loan repayment, child support.

23/05/2024

Robert Thompson won another case, this time for the employer, on this case, the employee is out of time to raise her claims. Have a little read.....

13/02/2024

www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/350173372/real-estate-worker-awarded-35k

The woman raised problems in her job and was “unjustifiably dismissed”, the Employment Relations Authority has found.

08/02/2024

Robert Thompson had another big win yesterday. Robert was pleased to beat Harcourts in this case. Their actions were less than fair. Go here to have a read.

17/10/2023

So what will the new employment landscape look like with a change of government. Here is what was said before the election.

National Party
The National Party’s campaign manifesto sets out that in the first 100 days it will:

Stop all work on Labour’s proposed Income Insurance Scheme;
Bring back 90-day trial periods for all New Zealand employers; and
Abolish Fair Pay Agreements.

The National Party’s campaign manifesto also proposes to:
Amend current parental leave laws to allow both parents to take Government paid parental leave concurrently;
Increase the cap on seasonal workers from 19,000 to 38,000;
Ensure that businesses making less than $60,000 are exempt from GST; and
Allow additional working holiday visas for people in sectors with worker shortages.

ACT Party
The ACT Party’s campaign manifesto sets out that in the first 100 days it will also reintroduce 90-day trial periods for all New Zealand employers (consistent with the National Party’s position).

The ACT Party also proposes to:

Remove the 2 January public holiday;
Amend the Employment Relations Act 2000 to prevent contractors from challenging their employment status in the Employment Court;
Amend the Employment Relations Act 2000 to restrict the availability of reinstatement as a personal grievance remedy; and
Speed up the personal grievance process by imposing stricter time limits on the Employment Relations Authority.

15/02/2023

Jacob is the new addition to the team. Three generations of IR Thompson.

22/11/2022

Today Robert Thompson had a huge win for 4 Respondents. This case has nearly 3 years of history. This case is about restraints of trades. This case took up a huge amount of time and effort. The win is a great reminder to never give up and always aim to be the best.

19/09/2022

Technician sharpens nails against employer after being sacked for alleged misconduct.

14/09/2022

Normal public holiday trading rules apply.

New Zealand will mark the passing of Queen Elizabeth II with a State Memorial Service and one-off public holiday on Monday 26 September. Normal rules for working and paying employees on public holidays will apply. There will be no shop trading restrictions on this public holiday.

14/09/2022

Another win by IRT. Matt Docherty demonstrated as the Director of SKT that he was a unreasonable employer. He has been ordered to pay our client as a result.

Nail tech allegedly insulted a colleague in front of a client.

23/08/2022

Another year of supporting the Cancer Society's Daffodil Day 🥰

22/03/2022

Ardern announced that from 11.59pm April 4, "vaccine passes will no longer be required as part of the Covid-19 protection framework". She said this means: "Kiwis will no longer have to be vaccinated in order to enter those venues covered by the pass. Scanning in requirements for the vaccinated will also end."

All vaccine mandates will be removed for workforces, except for health and disability, aged care, Corrections and border workforces.