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Expert HR and HSW advice for the childcare industry
Providing personalised HR and HSW advice 24/7 to your childcare business
You face many challenges when you run a childcare business. We're here to provide the ongoing support you need
Growing operational costs, attraction and retention of qualified employees, and trying to keep pace with changing government policies. These are just a few of the challenges you have to deal with every day as a childcare business owner in New Zealand. With expert advice available 24/7 on HR and Health and Safety issues, you can get the answers you need to your most challenging questions. Giving you and your team the extra time and support you need to provide the highest level of childcare possible.
Common issues in the childcare industry
Wage rate
Get expert advice on minimum wage rates and types, holiday pay, annual and other leave policies and entitlements to ensure employees are paid correctly.
Employee management
Personalised advice to help you with workplace disciplinary, performance or other employee issues, incident management, worker engagement and participation, and risk management.
Supporting staff wellbeing
Help your employees manage their mental wellbeing with access to qualified counsellors through our Employee Assistance Program (EAP).
Hiring and onboarding
The right onboarding process offers support, training, and resources so that new employees are confident in their role.
Creating employee handbooks
We can tailor an employee handbook to your business needs, outlining to new and existing employees your culture and expected conduct.
Health and safety
Our team can advise on workplace risks such as slips, trips, and falls, muscle strain from lifting children or moving desks.
Working in childcare is highly rewarding. Our proactive approach to HR and HSW allows our team to fully assess and deliver tailored solutions for these and many other challenges your childcare business can face. Our team of experts can help you save time and money. Allowing you and your team to focus on providing the highest level of childcare.
Enhancing Health and Safety in childcare
Creating a safe environment for the children and employees is paramount in childcare.
Some common health and safety risks include:
- Slips, trips and falls
- Muscle strain from lifting and moving desks and tables
- Musculoskeletal risks: Bending, crouching, kneeling, twisting, and sitting on the floor to interact with children.
- Regular manual tasks: Carrying children and regularly bending to pick up toys.
- Bullying and harassment.
- Regular illness: Exposure to colds, flu, and viruses from close contact with sick children.
Peninsula can help identify workplace hazards to minimise risks to your employees, visitors and children through:
- SafeCheck: A comprehensive on-site workplace risk assessment by a Peninsula HSW expert.
- Creating or updating Health and Safety policies, incident processes and procedures, and other critical documentation.
- Health and Safety software to help with incident reporting and streamline admin tasks.
- An Employee Assistance Program (EAP) to help employees manage stress and mental health challenges.
Enhancing Health and Safety in childcare
Expert HR and HSW advice tailored to the needs of your childcare business
Unlimited 24/7 advice line
As a Peninsula client you can always call our local expert team and feel secure knowing you’re getting the right advice for your business.
Protecting your business
Exclusive to Peninsula clients, Peninsula Protect offers protection for legal liability and defence costs arising from HR and HSW claims.
Smart technology
Smart software with unlimited cloud-based storage helps keep accurate records of annual, sick or other leave and streamlines admin tasks.
If you don't have the internal resources available to create or update your business-critical documentation to ensure your business remains compliant, Peninsula's experienced HR and HSW advice team can help develop employee contracts, handbooks, manuals and policies for you. We can also provide advice on wage rates for full-time, part-time, or casual employees and contractors, overtime, and public holidays. Our expert team have got you covered.
