For annual leave, having an accural system is so much simpler. The current system seems simple, but it is far from it, the main complications come around working extra to cover for others, every instance that this occurs requires a recalculation of your entitlement, in an accural system this kind instance is a non-issue.
I’m not sure about the sick pay changes, I’d have to look into it more.
Not sure, at the moment it is “10 days”, but what constitutes a “day”. For salaried employees, it is really simple. For wage workers it is the normal rostered shift, but I’m not sure that it is fair.
Should you accrue sick days at 1/2 (10 days Vs 20 days) the rate of annual leave? Would that be better? This way any extra work you do would accrue extra sick leave.
There is definitely a place for legalization of some drugs; but there also needs to be an understanding on what the side effects would be of massive increases in usage.
Meth is some very addictive shit, look how hard we were working to get rid of smoking. I don’t think introducing another massively addictive substance into the mix is a great idea.
It is a really cool take on time travel, really mind bending on the first watch. Once you have seen it a few times and understand the way things work, it kind of loses some of the entertainment value.
The early over the top hacker aesthetic, the ridiculous adversarial hacker battle, the complete misunderstanding of what hacking actually involved (the world has changed). It is all awesome.
Some of the stuff they got right is also cool, the social engineering is still a thing.
Also because of my age when it came out (1995)…I would have seen it in 96/97, I was in my late teens.
Isn’t it to be noticed, so that the issue that you are protesting gets attention.
What is a valid way to protest, to garner the most attention to your issue?
Disrupting normal activities seems to be the best way, I remember when I was at uni, there was a sit-in in the admin building that prevented the admin staff from doing their work, is this valid? It certainly got a lot of attention.
Fewer babies and migration that “fell off a cliff” during Covid-19 have contributed to slower population growth in New Zealand, the first Census results released today reveal....
The Reserve Bank says that from 1 July, banks will only be able to lend about 20 percent of their new lending to owner-occupier borrowers with a debt-to-income ratio of more than six. That means, if your household earns a combined $100,000, your loan will be limited to $600,000....
Interesting question that I have been thinking about for a while. There is a lot of hate directed at investors, but they provide an important function in the housing market, so what do you think the appropriate level of rentals / non-owner occupier properties is in the market.
I am not making a distinction between govt landlord or private landlord, since they SHOULD be held to the same standards.
From my personal perspective, when I went to uni at Massey, I went flatting, I didn’t want to buy a house nor could I afford one at that time. I was happy that rentals were available.
Even if I could have afforded a house when I was that age, I’m sure that I would not have wanted that much money tied up in a house in Palmy.
I think we have too many rentals now, and building costs are sky high. But you are right, the rental market is not competitive.
Increased supply of houses would solve a bunch of issues, but there is a big hurdle to getting that supply. If LL’s had to compete to keep tenants I think the market would be hugely different.
From 30 May, New Zealand’s four major banks - ANZ, ASB, BNZ and Westpac - must offer the secure payment service - although some already have it in place....
What is to stop you from creating an account that only has a connection to your insurance company…or is this supposed to be we get access to literally all of your accounts and spending habits?
There is also the harry potter version, any time travel is woven into the only timeline. The past is “edited” to always have included the events time travel.
This can be considered similar to the branching method; where the original branch without the events of the time travel simply ends; only the “new” branch continues.
Major change Govt wants to make to workers' sick leave (www.newshub.co.nz)
Cutting part time workers’ sick leave entitlements from the 10 days everyone currently gets to being pro-rated based on how much they work....
Alcohol causing 20 times the harm of meth, police float tighter regulation (www.newshub.co.nz)
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What movie would you most like to watch for the first time again?
Mine would be Annihilation while very stoned.
Quarry company J Swap's fast track plea after donations to Shane Jones and NZ First | RNZ News (www.rnz.co.nz)
This fast track to corruption bill, is more worrying than the budget…
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Budget Day ‘carkoi’ protests delayed traffic on Auckland and Tauranga motorways ahead of a hikoi on Parliament....
Census 2023 data: What the first results reveal (www.rnz.co.nz)
Fewer babies and migration that “fell off a cliff” during Covid-19 have contributed to slower population growth in New Zealand, the first Census results released today reveal....
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NZ spent $113m helping build and use US military satellites (www.rnz.co.nz)
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