If you’re in the food business, and you’re not across the fact the Food Act 2014 has been introduced, you need to be – especially if you’re one of the countless ventures that should have already registered.
At Easter time, our area has become synonymous with two particular headline grabbers: the amazing biennial Warbirds Over Wanaka International Airshow … and retailers’ rebellion over laws that saw all Queenstown businesses free to open, but the rest of Central Otago-Lakes District forced to close – or trade illegally.
Was it really only 30-odd years ago we were fascinated by the fax, push-button phones were the bees’ knees and the big question was whether to buy a Beta or VHS video player?
After the mad rush to March 31, for many businesses – especially those in our parts who are hectic during the snow season – this is a great time to take stock, and consider some of those “should dos” that tend to slide off the radar as the new financial year picks up speed.
At school, (yes that was a few moons ago), I remember there was one guy who had an incredibly difficult existence. I can’t recall a single thing he did that would even begin to explain the insidious hostility levelled at him day in, day out, yet he was “The Target”.
Local employers who hire migrants would do well to double-check they’re complying with all of their employment obligations, lest they be banned from employing foreign staff, under new laws which came into effect on April 1.
