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EMAcast

by EMA

Season 3

Board Members Talk - Sarah Caunter

In our latest EMACAST, we talk to EMA Board member and People and Culture Director with Corys Electrical Sarah Caunter. We explore how Sarah builds culture in a company with employees spread across the country, what businesses need to do to attract and retain top talent and talk about her working journey from the UK to NZ.

Immigration Talk - Post Accreditation Employer Checks

In our latest EMACast, Lukas Sousa, Head of Employer Relationships for Malcolm Pacific Immigration, joins Joanna Hall, EMA's Senior Policy Advisor, to discuss the new Post-Accreditation Employer Compliance Checks and explore some of the common themes that members raised during our recent webinar with Immigration New Zealand.

Board Members Talk - Andrew Hunt

In this insightful podcast, we talk to the Chairman of the EMA Board and owner and Managing Director of Kinetics Group, Andrew Hunt. At fifteen, Andrew developed some software that launched a successful career in IT. We take a look back at his early career, and hear his views on the biggest challenges facing NZ businesses, what the future of work will look like, and how to prepare for it.

Board Members Talk - Alex Zhang

In this informative podcast we interview Alex Zhang, EMA Board member and CEO and Principal Immigration Adviser at Chance Immigration and Education. Alex shares some of his early working history in China, the challenges he faced when he moved to New Zealand and provides insights into how AI technology will impact businesses in New Zealand. Having completed an MBA, Using his knowledge, experience and skills, Alex now helps other migrants transition into NZ and is Executive President at Canton Chamber of Commerce in New Zealand and an Executive Member of New Zealand China Trade Association (NZCTA).

Board Members Talk - Hannah Young - People Manager & Board Advisor

In our latest podcast, we talk to EMA Board member Hannah Young and discuss the future of work in New Zealand. With a background in health and her role as HR and Wellbeing Manager with Parallaxx, Hannah offers insights into workplace wellbeing and tips and strategies to keep staff mentally and physically well.

Your duty of care for remote workers

The copy would be: COVID-19 forced companies into embracing remote working with little time to consider their responsibilities as an employer. With some alarming case law emerging overseas, this podcast explores the question of 'what is your duty of care for staff working at home' and how best to safeguard your business against possible related issues. Our guest speaker Paul Jarvie, Manager of Employment Relations & Safety at the EMA, is working with ACC, Worksafe and other key stakeholders to answer this important question.

Season 2

Taking a Strategic Approach to Wellbeing, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Kate Bukowski – Strategy and Partnerships Southern Cross HealthcareSouthern Cross Healthy Futures 2022 report provides indepth and longitudinal data on the state of New Zealand’s health and Well Being. Kate Bukowski has a background as a practioner and senior manager in the Healthcare and now works alongside the southern Cross Healthcare Human resources team on Well Being and Diversity and Inclusion. Kate takes us through some of the key findings of the report, strategies organisations can adopt to prioritise the most important well being focuses for their employees and practical tips we can all apply in our working life.

Taking a strategic approach to Well Being and Diversity and inclusion

Southern Cross Healthy Futures 2022 report provides indepth and longitudinal data on the state of New Zealand’s health and Well Being. Kate Bukowski has a background as a practioner and senior manager in the Healthcare and now works alongside the southern Cross Healthcare Human resources team on Well Being and Diversity and Inclusion. Kate takes us through some of the key findings of the report, strategies organisations can adopt to prioritise the most important well being focuses for their employees and practical tips we can all apply in our working life.

LM4s HR journey

LM4 is a family business with three subsidiaries based in the Waikato. Abi Turner joined the business at the start of 2022 and has the goal of making it the Number one place to work in the region. To achieve this Abi and the HR team have worked with senior executives to understand better how they can retain and motivate their staff. This has been achieved without any leading edge technology solutions, but proactively seeking staff views, plus the inspiration and perspiration of Abi and the team. This has led to a range of strategies and actions that have meant staff needs have been responded to and the business has a strong development culture that has increased mobility in the group and set the business up for future success.

What is “employee experience” and why is it so important

Samantha Gadd has a long career in HR, starting in a New Zealand law firm, pursuing a coaching career and then starting up “HR Shop” consulting in Wellington. The success of her consulting business and her exposure to the ideas of employee experience led her to refocus her business on employee experience, rebrand it as “Humankind” and then on to setting up Excellent and the Employee Experience Design School. Recently back from South at South west in the United States Samantha is a practical thought leader in all thing's employee experience showing how New Zealand businesses can lead the way.

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