End of 90-day trials for new workers in bigger businesses a retrograde step – EMA
An exemption will be made for small business with fewer than 20 employees who comprise 97% of the country's enterprises.
Sally Lindsay Thu, 25 Jan 2018
Only small businesses with fewer than 20 employees will be allowed to keep using the 90-day trial period under a tranche of changes to the Employment Relations Act.
The Labour Coalition, which is promoting the changes, says all other businesses will have to use probationary periods, which
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