HR Compliance Masterclass
A practical live online workshop for New Zealand business owners, managers and HR professionals who want to manage their people with confidence — and cut employment risk before it becomes a personal grievance.
This workshop is completely free. Register your interest for 16 September 2026 · 11am–1pm NZT.
Businesses often assume employment problems only happen in large organisations. The reality? Most disputes start with everyday management decisions made in good faith — and handled the wrong way.
Missing clauses, unsigned documents and agreements never updated for recent employment law changes.
Underperformance left unaddressed, then handled suddenly — with no framework and no record.
The wrong process applied to the wrong issue, which is where most grievances begin.
Natural justice skipped: no proper allegations, no chance to respond, outcome decided in advance.
Informal chats treated as investigations, missing witness statements and no impartiality.
Officers unable to show how they meet HSWA duties as headcount, contractors and sites grow.
This workshop is designed to help you avoid these mistakes before they happen — not clean them up afterwards.
Want to reduce employment risk and stop losing sleep over people decisions.
Need confidence handling people issues — properly, and the first time.
Managing employees for the first time and learning as they go.
Want practical, current New Zealand employment law knowledge.
Need compliant HR systems in place before headcount outgrows the paperwork.
You'll leave with practical tools you can apply immediately — plus a clear sense of where you may want extra support.
Know what a compliant agreement must contain — and when yours needs updating.
Run the conversation properly, document it properly, and keep it out of grievance territory.
Follow a fair process from first allegation to final decision.
Understand what HSWA actually expects of directors and officers — and how to evidence it.
Bring your own scenarios — get direct input on real situations in your business.
No theory lectures. We work through the situations that actually land on your desk — and the process that keeps you on the right side of the law.
Your employment agreements haven't been reviewed since the last law change?
An employee has been underperforming for months and nothing has been documented?
You're not sure whether it's a performance issue or a conduct issue?
An allegation lands and you don't know whether to investigate formally or not?
You're partway through a disciplinary process and worried the steps weren't fair?
A near-miss happens on site and no one can show how it was reported or managed?
These are the exact scenarios we'll work through together.
The complete pack covering every topic on the agenda.
What a compliant agreement must contain, and when to update it.
Underperformance framework, file notes, PIPs and review records.
A structure for the conversation so it doesn't become a grievance.
A fair, step-by-step process built on natural justice.
Formal vs informal, evidence, witnesses and impartiality.
Officer duties, hazard identification and incident/near-miss reporting.
Downloadable workbook following each agenda module.
Evidence of training for your records.
Founder — Ask Your HR
Deepika has spent her career in the middle of the situations most business owners dread — disciplinaries, investigations, restructures and personal grievances — supporting New Zealand employers of every size.
She built Ask Your HR to make good employment practice practical rather than theoretical. This masterclass is the distilled version of what she wishes every employer knew before the problem started.
Wednesday · 11:00am – 1:00pm (NZT)
Join link opens from 10:45am.
Join from anywhere in New Zealand. Private in-house sessions available.
Focused, practical session with short breaks and open Q&A.
Includes the full HR Toolkit and digital workbook at no charge.
Small groups so every attendee gets airtime.
This workshop is completely free. Register your interest for 16 September 2026 · 11am–1pm NZT.
