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Employer Obligations Summary Sheet
This is the IRD's short tax obligations checklist for employers.

First-Time Employer's Guide
An excellent 26-page guidebook for new employers.

Hiring New Employees
An excellent practical 40-page guide put out by the Employment Relations Service aimed at getting you to understand the employment process. 

Employer's Guide Tax Obligations
A 66-page IRD guide detailing your responsibilities as an employer.

General How-To Legal Guide for Employers
A simple PowerPoint guide written by U-Turn Internet to serve as a summary of the employment process. 

Employers' Tax Obligations
This is a good summary guide for employers' tax obligations.

Problems with Employees and Redundancy
This brief article written by U-Turn Internet outlines some of the problems you may encounter while dismissing staff or making them redundant.

Employment Relations Act 2000
This article briefly explains the act, and details your requirements as an employer.  This includes subsections on 'good faith', employment agreements, offering employment and bargaining.

Employment Agreement Builder
Every employee needs to be working under an employment agreement (period).  This section of the IRD's site is a great starting point in creating your own employment agreement for your employees - just fill in the blanks!

Registering as an Employer
If you employ one or more people, you need to register as an employer.  However, your 'employees' may actually be private contractors.  This article describes the difference, and how to register as an employer.  



 

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