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Department reminds retailers of Easter Trading law
Friday, 3 April 2009, 5:32 pm | Department Of Labour
In the run-up to Easter the Department of Labour is advising retailers to ensure they are familiar with the law that restricts shops from trading on Good Friday and Easter Sunday. More >>
New rest break and workplace infant feeding laws
Friday, 27 March 2009, 5:28 pm | Department Of Labour
A new law that provides rest and meal breaks for all workers and breaks and facilities for infant feeding in the workplace comes into effect next week. The new provisions are contained in the Employment Relations (Rest Breaks, Infant Feeding and Other ... More >>
Minimum wage to rise 50c on 1 April
Thursday, 26 March 2009, 2:35 pm | Department Of Labour
Workers receiving the minimum wage will receive a pay rise from 1 April. The Minister of Labour Hon Kate Wilkinson recently announced that from 1 April 2009, the adult minimum wage will increase to $12.50 per hour from $12.00. The new entrants’ minimum ... More >>
Employers reminded of responsibilities
Thursday, 12 March 2009, 1:18 pm | Department Of Labour
The Department of Labour is reminding employers who have overall control of a work site that they have health and safety responsibilities for all employees who work there – even if they are employed by someone else. More >>
Baling Machine Work Fraught With Danger
Wednesday, 11 March 2009, 1:31 pm | Department Of Labour
The Department of Labour says the serious injuries suffered by a worker at a New Plymouth recycling plant underscore the importance of having appropriate guarding for machinery and following sound safety procedures at all times. More >>
Release of Pacific Division Review Report
Thursday, 5 March 2009, 3:32 pm | Department Of Labour
The release by the Minister of Immigration of the Pacific Division Review, and his direction that I consider reintegrating all activities of the Division back into Immigration New Zealand, provides clarity around the Government’s priorities for ... More >>
Department of Labour investigates AK fatality
Monday, 16 February 2009, 12:50 pm | Department Of Labour
The Department of Labour has been informed of a workplace fatality which occurred this morning at Ormiston Rd, East Tamaki. More >>
A new type of downturn
Thursday, 5 February 2009, 4:02 pm | Department Of Labour
Today’s Household Labour Force Survey (HLFS) release shows New Zealand’s labour market is adjusting well to the global recession, says Labour Department Head of Labour Market Information Monique Dawson. More >>
Prepare for new break, breastfeeding laws
Friday, 30 January 2009, 3:24 pm | Department Of Labour
The country’s employers and employees are being encouraged to plan ahead so they will be ready for new legislation providing rest and meal breaks for all workers and breaks and facilities for infant feeding in the workplace. More >>
Guide to reducing health workplace violence
Friday, 23 January 2009, 12:15 pm | Department Of Labour
A guide to reducing the risk of workplace violence in the health and community care sectors has been released by the Department of Labour and the Counties Manukau District Health Board. More >>
Death highlights need to check for new hazards
Thursday, 4 December 2008, 5:08 pm | Department Of Labour
The death of a Nelson worker struck by machinery he was cleaning highlights the need for employers to identify whether a change in processes has created new, potentially deadly, hazards, the Department of Labour says. More >>
Working together to make workplaces safer
Monday, 24 November 2008, 5:03 pm | Department Of Labour
Employers, unions, and the community are working together with the Department of Labour to make our workplaces safer, says Department of Labour Head of Workplace Health and Safety Craig Armitage. More >>
Trenching fatality stirs safety call
Tuesday, 11 November 2008, 1:59 pm | Department Of Labour
The Department of Labour is calling on employers in the construction industry to review their safety procedures after its third trenching fatality prosecution in a month. More >>
Charges laid over Taranaki baler accident
Saturday, 18 October 2008, 1:50 pm | Department Of Labour
The Department of Labour today laid charges against LGC Limited, trading as Taranaki Recyclers, over an accident on April 22 2008, when an employee had his legs amputated when he fell into an automatic baler press. More >>
Department investigates sideshow ride
Friday, 17 October 2008, 4:40 pm | Department Of Labour
The Department of Labour confirmed it is investigating an incident involving a sideshow ride at the Gisborne A&P Show today. An inspector is visiting the site. More >>
Bosses, workers learn about hazardous substances
Friday, 17 October 2008, 3:35 pm | Department Of Labour
The Department of Labour is offering free workshops to update Wellington, Porirua, Hutt Valley and Kapiti Coast workers, employers and health and safety professionals on the safe storage and handling of hazardous substances. More >>
Ashburton company fined after Oamaru worker death
Thursday, 16 October 2008, 4:04 pm | Department Of Labour
An irrigation company has been fined $20,000 and ordered to pay $83,000 in reparations following the death of an employee after a trench collapsed on him More >>
Charges laid over Mangatepopo Gorge deaths
Wednesday, 15 October 2008, 10:28 am | Department Of Labour
The Department of Labour is prosecuting the Sir Edmund Hillary Outdoor Pursuits Centre of New Zealand (OPC) over an accident in the Mangatepopo Gorge on April 15, 2008, that claimed the lives of six students and one teacher from Elim Christian College. More >>
Drainage company fined after worker death
Monday, 13 October 2008, 3:38 pm | Department Of Labour
A construction company has been fined $35,000 and ordered to pay $45,000 in reparations following the death of an employee during work at a Nelson subdivision. More >>
Department of Labour welcomes findings of SSC
Friday, 3 October 2008, 10:14 am | Department Of Labour
Department of Labour Chief Executive Christopher Blake is welcoming the findings of the State Services Commission report into the Department’s handling of matters relating to the family of the former head of Immigration New Zealand, Mary Anne Thompson. More >>
