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Run by local businesses for local businesses.
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Today's Virtual Event
COVID-19 Online Support Series
Canterbury Employers Chamber of Commerce
TODAY 11:00 - 11.45am Webinar
Seeking Alternative Arrangements with Staff for Continued Employment
PRICING: Members: Free Non-Members: Free
Highly recommended for all businesses!
Presented by The Chambers Advisory and Consultancy Manager Melicia Clough, this 45 minute webinar aims to support employers with key information critical to meeting their employment obligations at this time.
Understanding employer obligations and acting in good faith
• Considering what will constitute a fair and reasonable response – test of justification
• Options for responding to the impacts of COVID-19 for continued employment
• Best practice approach to modifying agreements or undertaking redundancies
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On Demand viewing of Managing Cashflow and Accounting for Subsidies
This 60 minute webinar presented by Specialist partners Ashton Wheelans and Lane Neave , addressed how to manage your cash flow through uncertain times, including insight on accounting for wage subsidies and payroll, and understanding your lease obligations.
View a recording of the full event here.
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Employment Obligations:
These are challenging times as an employer and hard to understand everything that you need to do to meet your legal requirements but also manage that with business sustainability and continuity.
The Employment NZ has however broken-down various aspects of employment law and how these interact with COVID19 wage subsidy and support. These include leave payments, termination and redundancy, modifying employment agreements and guidance on essential work and workers.
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BUY LOCAL
Kaikoura is an amazing place and we have seen our businesses do amazing things over the past couple of years. For Kaikoura to remain a vibrant and ready to bounce back once again, it is important that the community shop local and support local businesses.
We will be starting up discussion around initiatives such as #shopkaikoura, SOS café, pandemic packs, working together, provenance and various other ideas that people may have, to ensure that we keep as many businesses operating as possible. To join these discussions, join our facebook group
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Regional Business Partnership Support
– Enterprise North Canterbury
Enterprise North Canterbury (ENC) has contracted Mel Skinner for 12 weeks as an additional business support resource in the Kaikōura region. This has been made possible through the Regional Business Partner (RBP) COVID-19 Advisory Funding allocated from the Government’s business response package. Mel will be supporting Miles Dalton and Guy Graham of ENC.
Mel will be working with Kaikōura businesses to assist ENC in identifying their key area of support, to enable an enhanced recovery from the current COVID-19 circumstances.
Following an assessment, if businesses meet the RBP criteria, eligible Kaikōura businesses will be able to access a range of approved support services in the following areas:
- HR - challenges with COVID-19-related employment law obligations with respect to restructuring, redundancy and change of work hours.
- Business continuity planning - Support creating contingency plans to help your business get through the next few months and build team readiness and resilience.
- Finance and cashflow management – Advice and support in areas of such as cash flow, payroll and accounts receivable/payable.
- Health and wellness – understand how deliver positive messaging, stay connected through remote channels and how to access EAP assistance programmes
https://www.northcanterbury.co.nz/about-enc/news/enc-welcomes-new-staff-member-to-support-kaikoura-businesses/
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Wellbeing and Support:
It is important for you to be kind to yourself during this time and making sure that you are taking care of yourself.
The uncertainty of the future and then also being in isolation, makes COVID19 extremely challenging for business owners. Trying to plan your and/or run your business, communicate to staff, keep morale up, making hard decision and looking after your ‘bubbles’ is a dauting task. When you can’t connect the same way you used to, it is easy to fell alone and disheartened.
Business and industry association are a great way to get information and connect to business support and like-minded people.
There are also more specific Wellbeing organisations and people around to help as well:
Business Crisis Support NZ
Business Crisis Support NZ is the first Organisation of its kind in New Zealand set up to help & support those who have experienced, or are going through the process of business loss, bankruptcy, insolvency, or something else.
https://businesscrisis.co.nz/
Steve Howie Rural Mental Health
027 319 5005
319 3501
stephenh@kaikourahc.co.nz
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