Right to switch off: Government considering implementation
The government is considering how to implement its election promise to give workers the ‘right to switch off’. Read more in our blog.
Marion joined Sparqa Legal as a Senior Legal Editor in 2018. She previously worked as a corporate/commercial lawyer for five years at one of New Zealand’s leading law firms, Kensington Swan (now Dentons Kensington Swan), and as an in-house legal consultant for a UK tech company. Marion regularly writes for Sparqa’s blog, contributing across its commercial, IP and health and safety law content.
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Marion joined Sparqa Legal as a Senior Legal Editor in 2018. She previously worked as a corporate/commercial lawyer for five years at one of New Zealand’s leading law firms, Kensington Swan (now Dentons Kensington Swan), and as an in-house legal consultant for a UK tech company. Marion regularly writes for Sparqa’s blog, contributing across its commercial, IP and health and safety law content.
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Marion joined Sparqa Legal as a Senior Legal Editor in 2018. She previously worked as a corporate/commercial lawyer for five years at one of New Zealand’s leading law firms, Kensington Swan (now Dentons Kensington Swan), and as an in-house legal consultant for a UK tech company. Marion regularly writes for Sparqa’s blog, contributing across its commercial, IP and health and safety law content.
What’s on the horizon?
- 1 October 2024: Company size thresholds may change (subject to legislative decisions of the next government)
- 1 October 2024: The Employment (Allocation of Tips) Act 2023 comes into force, making it mandatory for all tips to be passed on to workers without deductions
- 26 October 2024: Worker Protection (Amendment of Equality Act 2010) Bill to come into effect, placing a duty on employers to take reasonable steps to prevent sexual harassment
F is for…
Financial covenant
A contractual undertaking (promise) given by a borrower to a lender. For example, that the borrower will keep its debt below a certain amount.