Some employers may be relieved to know that persons who receive payments as sellers of greenstone, eels, white bait or sphagnum moss are not employees. Principals of smaller businesses may need to look at the different roles they have, and take steps to meet the Act's requirements for each role accordingly. For example, if you are a sole trader with an employee, you are both an employer and self-employed. Also, consider which of the business entities you own are employers. For example, if you run your business through a company, and then employ yourself to work for that company, the company is an employer.
Executive directors are likely to be employees, in that capacity.
Boundary disputes are coming Injuries suffered before 1 July are ACC's responsibility Because different insurers can now be held responsible to pay for different kinds of personal injuries, boundary disputes over liability will arise. The first such dispute is likely to be whether a work-related personal injury was suffered before or after 1 July. The date matters, because personal injuries suffered before 1 July will remain the responsibility of ACC, even if no claim is actually made until after 1 July. Work-related personal injuries after 1 July are the responsibility of an employer's insurer. For injuries caused by a work-related gradual process, disease or infection there could be a lengthy period of overlap.