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Former Smiths City staff who were required to attend unpaid meetings will be paid in full for their time after a compromise was reached. All payments were expected to be made by the middle of August. For at least 15 years, every Smiths City store in the country held a meeting of sales staff for 15 minutes every morning, covering topics ranging from sales targets to promotions. Staff were not paid for the meetings and the time was not recorded as hours worked, resulting in some staff not receiving the minimum wage once the extra 15 minutes was taken into account. The company argued the meetings were not compulsory and no disciplinary action was taken against staff for not attending them, but the court found otherwise. Chief Judge Christina Inglis said the expectation to attend, and pressure placed on staff to do so, was direct and forceful.”
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Dr Alistair Humphrey, centre, was a medical officer of health in Canterbury for about 20 years before being fired last year. It would say he was resigning to pursue other professional projects and for 20 years he had served the CDHB and the Canterbury community well. He could not elaborate on the settlement, but the reinstatement decision should be read as the background to the settlement. “Obviously that decision influenced the legal teams on both sides,” he said. “I’ve resigned and there are always conditions.” His new role of chair of the New Zealand Medical Association would be one of his main projects, he said.
How many readers just simply open emails and attachments regardless of who sent them to see what they have to say? And if you are an employee doing this, what liability do you have? And if you are breaching a company policy when you do this, surely your position is worse? Any unfortunate employee who opens an email and attachment that results in the infection of their employer’s systems will probably feel desolate, especially if the damage is extensive.
Last week we were told the Waikato District Health Board was thrown into chaos because of a cyber-attack on its IT systems. The attacker demanded the payment of a ransom.
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Smiths City still owes thousands to former employees for unpaid meetings. Staff were not paid for the meetings and the time was not recorded as hours worked, resulting in some staff not receiving the minimum wage once the extra 15 minutes was taken into account. The company argued the meetings were not compulsory and no disciplinary action was taken against staff for not attending them, but the court found otherwise. Chief Judge Christina Inglis said the expectation to attend, and pressure placed on staff to do so, was direct and forceful.” If the 101 former employees make themselves known to receivers, they will be paid.