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Employment To Grow By 93,700 New Jobs Over 2012- 2014
Friday, 23 March 2012, 9:29 am | Department Of Labour
23 March 2012 Employment To Grow By 93,700 New Jobs Over 2012- 2014: New Department Of Labour Forecasting Series Employment is forecast to increase by around 93,700 jobs or 4.2% over 2012- 2014 according to the first report in a new labour market ... More >>
Autumn Campaign Keeps Quad Bike Safety in Sights
Monday, 19 March 2012, 4:03 pm | Department Of Labour
The Department of Labour is keeping quad bike safety firmly in its sights for 2012 and is about to begin its autumn campaign to challenge unsafe quad bike use on farms. More >>
Strong Growth in Online Job Vacancies in February
Wednesday, 14 March 2012, 10:23 am | Department Of Labour
Online job vacancies showed strong growth in February 2012 after a slight increase in January, according to the latest Jobs Online . The Department of Labour’s Jobs Online report shows skilled job vacancies increased by a seasonally adjusted 6% in ... More >>
Fonterra to Pay $62,500 for Finger Amputation
Wednesday, 7 March 2012, 11:46 am | Department Of Labour
Dairy company Fonterra has been fined $50,000 and ordered to pay $12,500 in reparation to an employee who had part of a finger amputated by a cheese packaging machine that Fonterra had twice been advised needed better guarding. More >>
Migration Trends Key Indicators Report for December
Tuesday, 6 March 2012, 10:24 am | Department Of Labour
6 March 2012 Migration Trends Key Indicators Report for December Quarter Released: DEPARTMENT OF LABOUR RESEARCH For media interested in migration trends, the Labour and Immigration Research Centre’s Migration Trends Key Indicators Report , was ... More >>
Employee’s Fingers Amputated in Machine Accident
Monday, 5 March 2012, 5:16 pm | Department Of Labour
Joint venture partners Green Crow Corporation and Ribbonwood Sawmilling Ltd have today been fined a total of $55,000, after one of its employees suffered serious injuries to their right hand after it became trapped in the circular saw he was working ... More >>
Department of Labour action against Foreign Charter Vessel
Monday, 5 March 2012, 3:56 pm | Department Of Labour
The Department of Labour has found that there was major non-compliance with the Code of Practice on Foreign Fishing Crew and the Approval in Principle (AIP) to employ foreign crew by the New Zealand charterers of the ship, the Shin Ji. More >>
$25,000 Fine After Employee Injured While Pumping Concrete
Friday, 2 March 2012, 4:50 pm | Department Of Labour
A concrete pumping company has been fined $25,000 after an employee of another company was knocked unconscious when a hose being used to pump concrete fell and hit him in Morrinsville last year. More >>
Company Fined After Employee Falls Five Metres
Friday, 2 March 2012, 10:18 am | Department Of Labour
A roofing contractor who changed an agreed safety procedure, resulting in one of his employees falling 5.4 metres onto concrete, has been fined $5,000 today. Louis James Petersen, trading as LJ Roofing, was also ordered to pay $5,000 in reparation ... More >>
Nigerian’s Sentencing a Warning to Immigration Fraudsters
Wednesday, 29 February 2012, 11:15 am | Department Of Labour
A Nigerian who unsuccessfully sought refugee status in New Zealand 10 years ago then returned a year later on a false passport faces possible deportation after being jailed for two years and three months today for passport fraud. More >>
Spring Creek PN Lifted
Thursday, 23 February 2012, 12:29 pm | Department Of Labour
Solid Energy has provided us with the information we required and we have evaluated their response to our concerns. More >>
Solid Energy Spring Creek Mine prohibition notice - update
Tuesday, 21 February 2012, 11:28 am | Department Of Labour
The Department of Labour and Solid Energy senior managers this morning met by teleconference to discuss the Department’s prohibition notice on underground work at the Spring Creek mine. More >>
Chief Inspector Petroleum and Geothermal appointed
Thursday, 16 February 2012, 11:32 am | Department Of Labour
The Department of Labour has appointed a Chief inspector Petroleum and Geothermal to its High Hazards Unit. More >>
January Shows Positive Growth in Online Job Vacancies
Wednesday, 15 February 2012, 11:58 am | Department Of Labour
Online job vacancies increased slightly in January after a small fall in December, according to the latest Jobs Online. The Department of Labour’s Jobs Online report shows skilled job vacancies increased by a seasonally adjusted 0.5% in January, and ... More >>
Forestry Worker Injured in 3.5 Metre Fall
Friday, 10 February 2012, 1:54 pm | Department Of Labour
A pulp mill has today been fined a total of $37,000 after an employee suffered serious injuries when he fell 3.5 metres into a service pit at a forestry site in February this year. More >>
Employee Loses Part Of Finger On Unguarded Auger
Friday, 3 February 2012, 5:53 pm | Department Of Labour
A producer of snack and muesli bars has today been fined $28,125 after an employee of a contractor had part of his finger amputated when it came into contact with the auger blade of an inadequately guarded peel dicer machine. More >>
Worker Crushed by 2.5 Tonne Concrete Panel
Friday, 3 February 2012, 5:28 pm | Department Of Labour
A Wellington transport company has been fined $30,000 following an accident in March this year where a self-employed contractor was lucky to survive being crushed by a 2.5 tonne concrete panel. More >>
Permanent And Long Term Migration Forecast to Improve
Thursday, 2 February 2012, 10:24 am | Department Of Labour
Permanent And Long Term Migration Forecast to Improve to Net Gain From Cycle Low; India Now Second Largest Source of Skilled Migrants Permanent and long term migration is forecast to move from a cyclical low and return to a net gain to New Zealand during ... More >>
Pike River hearing – Greymouth District Court
Tuesday, 31 January 2012, 1:06 pm | Department Of Labour
All charges against the three parties charged by the Department over the Pike River tragedy have been adjourned until 27 March 2012 in order that initial discovery may be completed. More >>
40 Years of Industrial Mediation Service
Thursday, 26 January 2012, 12:22 pm | Department Of Labour
A significant player in New Zealand’s industrial history celebrates 40 years in operation today. What is now known as the Mediation Service of the Department of Labour was set up under the leadership of J D Gibb on 25 January 1972 to address ... More >>
