Know Your Pay This Public Holiday Season

by | Apr 15, 2019 | Biz Buzz

This year Easter will be celebrated on 19 April (Good Friday), Saturday 20 April, Sunday 21 April (Easter Sunday) and Monday 22 April (Easter Monday).  Anzac Day will be on Thursday 25 April. A common question raised over the years on the TTIA Employers Hotline is...

Casuals: An End To Double Dipping

by | Dec 18, 2018 | Biz Buzz

Some FTMA Members may be aware, from my attendance at the recent Victorian Member’s Focus Forum, of the uncertainty that has existed in recent months over the entitlements of casual employees as a result of a recent Federal Court case.  Specifically, in the...

Biz Buzz – Training Matters

by | Nov 19, 2018 | Biz Buzz

I’m sure you’ve all heard the story about the two managers talking about training their employees. The first asks, “Yeah, but what if we train them, and they just leave?” The second responds, “What if we don’t train them, and they stay?”...

Easy Reference Guide for Timber Industry Award Rates

by | Nov 19, 2018 | Biz Buzz

Our Industrial Relations experts at Timber Trade Industrial Association have prepared a table to better help you understand the different levels relevant for the frame and truss sector in the Timber Industry Award. It is not comparable to reading through Schedule B of...

Timber Systems Designers & Productivity in the NZ Market

by | Oct 23, 2018 | Biz Buzz

NZ is a land full of timber. We have a natural propensity in our national prescriptive building code to use more than our Australian cousins. It is my view that cladding manufacturers in NZ have also a role to play with their default “nogs at 800 ctrs” being the most...