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New earthquake strengthening legislation is well and truly back in the spotlight following last month’s 7.8 magnitude earthquake that shook the upper South Island and lower North Island – and all eyes are now on whether the new legislation’s implementation will be fast-tracked in light of the latest tremors.

As well as the major health and safety overhaul, employers and workers have had a busy year getting their heads around another flurry of changes that have been introduced through the Employment Standards Legislation.

According to Sir Richard Branson, all an entrepreneur really needs to enter a new industry is a willingness to learn. Day-in, day-out here at Aspiring Law, we advise and support enterprises ranging from innovative start-ups to companies with decades of trading behind them.

Are you already in business, or thinking of taking the leap and buying or establishing your own venture? If so, and you haven’t already, we’d love you to consider joining our special family of business clients: BizClubbers.

Ensuring each staff member has an up-to-date employment contract – as required by law – just got a little easier with the Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment (MBIE) launching an online employment agreement builder.

Like any owner who juggles the challenge of working “in” and “on” my business, I have to stay super-disciplined to ensure I don’t let “busyness” result in important checks, balances, planning and protections slipping off the radar.

If even a smidgen of the thought and planning that’s invested in getting into a business went into getting out of it, life would be a whole lot easier for many business people.

They’re relatively easily, speedily and cost-effectively constructed, yet a frightening number of businesses leave themselves wide open to the often difficult, protracted and expensive fallout that comes with coasting along unprotected.