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This opinion piece by Peter Cullen, first appeared on the Stuff website earlier this week. It is a very interesting read, and from our point of view, trust and confidence between an employer and an employee is the foundation on which a great job is built - without it, the excitement of the new role … Read more

This article from LinkedIn highlights the importance of businesses blogging about topics that are relevant to their business sectors, clients and staff. Here are some thoughts from LinkedIn: Drive Traffic Through Blogging To get down into the nitty-gritty details of fully understanding how a well … Read more

This week we attended the ACC Employers Seminar in Auckland. One of the key topics for discussion was around ensuring that businesses were ready for the changes to Health and Safety legislation on the (near) horizon next year. Thanks to Kensington Swan Lawyers, here is a summary of what businesses s… Read more

"Can Do" - can you help us with our can food donation to the Salvation Army and those in need this winter? Our business partner New Zealand Credit Union are helping the Salvation Army by supporting our communities who are struggling to put food on the table this winter. Superior Personnel is getting… Read more

For many SME's the issue of pay rises can make all the difference between turning a profit and marginal success. What is worse is when small increases that the business can afford, aren't up to your staff's expectations. There are other ways to show staff they are valued. Thanks to Laura Hall's art… Read more

On October 1st 2014, New Zealand's Inland Revenue Department will introduce changes to when they need to receive IRD payments. This affects all payments including GST, RWT, PAYE & Kiwisaver Employer Contributions.   The current situation allows all payments to be posted on or before the due dat… Read more

In our last blog, I highlighted the importance of how you leave an employer when you change jobs. A businesses intellectual property is one of their most important assets. The previous blog highlighted the case of an oil company employee in Taranaki, who downloaded large amounts of sensitive company… Read more

Congratulations on getting that new job your applied for. It's time for you to leave your current employer, but remember that employment contract you signed when you first started? There will probably be a clause in there that talks about confidentiality and not sharing commercially sensitive inform… Read more

Today we pause to remember the sacrifice, daring and courage of all those involved in the D-Day landings at Normandy, 70 years ago. The following excerpt from the History Channel, remembers that day. On 6 June 1944, just after midnight, the Allied assault upon ‘Fortress Europe’ began. The operation… Read more

It is with sadness that the team at Superior Personnel note the passing yesterday of Maya Angelou, a world renowned author and poet, aged 86. Angelou's quote is on the wall in the reception area of our new office: "I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did… Read more