20 May 2020
Post pandemic restructuring
The guard rail at the top of the cliff is the Re:Structure service designed to provide New Zealand and Australian businesses with the considered advice to best structure their workforce for a post-covid world. From employment agreement review to employer rights and responsibilities Re:Structure assists business owners to get it right from the start and is backed by legally trained contract and employment experts.
“For decades business owners have experienced the rough end of the pineapple when it comes to employment issues with the Employment Relations Authority siding with the employee the majority of the time” says employer and founder Graeme Blake. “With the assistance of some expert lawyers, we’ve created Re:Structure in an effort to address the imbalance and to provide employers with confidence in their policies, systems and structure so that the terms of engagement are crystal clear from the outset and there is no room for employees taking advantage.”
Through level 4 and 3 the Re:Structure service has been successfully operating remotely with a team of qualified legal professionals advising businesses across the country. “There has been a massive influx of inquiry throughout the lockdown period and we are growing our network of partner practices to service the demand”, says one of the lawyers on the roster. While we advocate primarily for employers Re:Structure serves employees by providing a structural framework, tools and the clarity of an up to the minute legal-centric approach to employment relations.
Business owners in New Zealand and around the world are parking their growth strategy and reaching for the board paper marked ‘survival’, Re:Structure™ is integral to that strategy.
In researching the need for the Re:Structure service business owners from around New Zealand have shared their accounts of change management snafoo’s and there is an all too common thread. One such account is from a prominent Waikato design firm. “For 10 years we’ve used various HR providers and for 10 years everything went really well until one day when it didn’t”, says managing partner Charles Cooper. “A critical downsizing initiative went badly for us in late 2018 and after a torturous mediation process, mounting costs and a negotiated payout we found that the currency of the advice we received throughout the change management process was out of date.
Employers who have previously been dragged through the dispute process unnecessarily and experienced firsthand the cost, distraction and distress to themselves personally and professionally see the value of the Re:Structure service instantly. “Our board leapt at the opportunity to engage with the Re:Structure program as it is based on current case law that is up to the minute. The service frees up our people to confidently run the business without the concern of getting out of step with the Employment Relations Act or running foul of the Employment Relations Authority and Employment Court”, says Cooper.
If your existing business is considering an organisational restructure or you have a new venture in mind, reach out to Re:Structure.co.nz to get the right advice, backed by the best legal minds in the employment relations industry.