Thursday, 29 July, 2010 | Tagged in | Written by Kristen Barrett
After recording the five thousandth contractor to join on Thursday the 29th July, Crackerjacks is now New Zealand’s largest online contracting hub.
Our local contractor pool has grown from zero to five thousand in less than two years, after launching in late 2008. The main regions covered include Auckland, Waikato and Wellington.
Tony Wai, Crackerjacks Managing Director, [...]
Wednesday, 28 July, 2010 | Tagged in | Written by Kristen Barrett
By Kristen Barrett
Over the past month there’s been heated discussion around the proposed 90 day probationary period law changes. The fundamental argument between workers rights and the power of the employer has been provoked in force.
One area that’s been overlooked is how this proposed law change could affect the professional contracting and temporary staffing market [...]
Monday, 26 July, 2010 | Tagged in Running Your Own Business | Written by Crackerjacks
Says Andy McCormack
People contract in the workforce for a number of reasons. Some are ‘Professional Career Contractors’ whilst others are ‘in between jobs’, whilst some others are looking at contract work as being a career development move. Over the last 18 months the increase in contractors looking for work in the market has increased significantly [...]
Friday, 23 July, 2010 | Tagged in Running Your Own Business | Written by Crackerjacks
The Department of Labour has recently launched a new web resource called Infozone: Business Essentials. This is a resource that provides simple straight forward employment relations and health & safety information for business owners and self employed people. It tells you what you need to know, what steps to put in place and then provides [...]
Thursday, 22 July, 2010 | Tagged in Contractors | Written by Kristen Barrett
We’re excited to announce that Job Alerts are now live on Crackerjacks!
Until now, you’ve had to wait for your profile to be requested, or manually search for jobs to source work. But this pro-active feature means you can now save job searches, and then be automatically notified when similar jobs are posted.
To set up a [...]
Wednesday, 14 July, 2010 | Tagged in Running Your Own Business | Written by Crackerjacks
As a contractor in New Zealand, it’s important to understand how our Health & Safety legislation effects you. In this article provided by the Department of Labour, Health & Safety guidelines are outlined for businesses or people who engage contractors…
Businesses that contract people or other businesses to do work for them have duties as a [...]
Wednesday, 14 July, 2010 | Tagged in Rates, Running Your Own Business | Written by Crackerjacks
The recent Court of Appeal ruling in the Penny and Hooper case last month has provided a useful lesson for contractors in NZ.
Inland Revenue has also provided some guidance on how they intend to apply this case in the Revenue Alert “Diverting personal services income by structuring revenue earning activities through an associated entity [...]
Wednesday, 7 July, 2010 | Tagged in Running Your Own Business | Written by Crackerjacks
The recent land mark Court of Appeal ruling in the Penny and Hooper case has raised alarms within professional circles and amongst small business owners. The case involved two Christchurch orthopedic surgeons who previously operated their practices as sole traders.
However, around the time when the top personal tax rate was raised to 39%, Mr [...]
Wednesday, 30 June, 2010 | Tagged in Rates | Written by Kristen Barrett
It can be difficult to define the hourly rate for a contractor, especially when all you’ve got to work with is the equivalent permanent salary.
So we’ve got a handy formula for you to work from when undertaking this task. This is an extract from the Crackerjacks How to Guide for Contracting. Follow this link to [...]
Wednesday, 23 June, 2010 | Tagged in | Written by Kristen Barrett
Says Kristen Barrett, HR & Communications Advisor at Crackerjacks.
For a PDF version of this article select the following link: Employment Today JUNE 2010 (Executive Leasing article)
With the recent rising popularity of executive leasing, it is important to understand the factors that are fuelling this growth, the relevant market trends and how businesses can use this [...]
