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Rotorua's rating system should be overhauled
Tuesday, 24 May 2005, 5:11 pm | Employers And Manufacturers Association
Rotorua City Council should undertake a comprehensive review of its rating system, the Employers & Manufacturers Association told the council's hearings on its Annual Plan Monday May 23rd. More >>
Wage settlements below 5% the norm
Monday, 23 May 2005, 12:13 am | Employers And Manufacturers Association
Unions are settling many wage claims for less than five per cent per annum, with no benchmark figure in sight this year, says the Manager of Employment Services for EMA, David Lowe. More >>
Rodney Council challenged over unfair rates
Tuesday, 17 May 2005, 4:56 pm | Employers And Manufacturers Association
The Employers & Manufacturers Association has challenged Rodney District Council to publish an analysis of the reasons why business property owners should pay more in rates per land value than residential property owners. More >>
Rodney Council challenged over unfair rates
Tuesday, 17 May 2005, 4:21 pm | Employers And Manufacturers Association
The Employers & Manufacturers Association has challenged Rodney District Council to publish an analysis of the reasons why business property owners should pay more in rates per land value than residential property owners. More >>
Manufacturing Survey Shows Decrease In Activity
Monday, 16 May 2005, 4:32 pm | Employers And Manufacturers Association
The latest ANZ-Business NZ manufacturing survey shows a decrease in activity for the month of April. More >>
Local govt should stay out of industrial disputes
Tuesday, 10 May 2005, 3:38 pm | Employers And Manufacturers Association
Auckland City Council and the Auckland Regional Council are well advised to stay out of the Stagecoach bus drivers' industrial dispute, says EMA Northern's Employment Services Manager, David Lowe. More >>
Carbon tax primitive option
Wednesday, 4 May 2005, 1:22 pm | Employers And Manufacturers Association
The carbon tax announced today will help keep new investment on hold and impose another cost setback to New Zealand's exporters, the Employers & Manufacturers Association (Northern) says. More >>
FBT rate cut welcome, though real issues remain
Friday, 29 April 2005, 5:37 pm | Employers And Manufacturers Association
Business welcomes the proposed cut to Fringe Benefit Tax announced today, and the contribution towards PAYE compliance costs imposed on small businesses with up to five people, even though the inequity of FBT has not been addressed. More >>
Huge variation in personal grievance awards
Tuesday, 5 April 2005, 1:07 pm | Employers And Manufacturers Association
Disaffected employees stand a far better chance of winning a personal grievance claim against their employer in Wellington than in Auckland, and in Wellington they stand to get a far higher pay out. More >>
Auckland will vote for building more roads faster
Friday, 1 April 2005, 3:51 pm | Employers And Manufacturers Association
National leader Don Brash’s message today will strike an immediate chord with Auckland’s overtaxed and frustrated road users, the Employers & Manufacturers Association (Northern) says. More >>
Get over embarrassment of holidays mistake
Thursday, 24 March 2005, 4:01 pm | Employers And Manufacturers Association
The Easter holidays period has brought an avalanche of calls from employers about the Holidays Act, says David Lowe, Employment Services Manager for the Employers & Manufacturers Association (Northern). More >>
Auckland’s transport planning off the rails
Wednesday, 23 March 2005, 1:48 pm | Employers And Manufacturers Association
Dropping the Avondale link to the North Western highway from the region’s 10 year land transport plan demonstrates that Auckland’s transport planning has gone off the rails, the Employers & Manufacturers Association (Northern) says. More >>
EMA’s role on wage setting to provide an advocate
Thursday, 10 March 2005, 2:07 pm | Employers And Manufacturers Association
Though opposed to multi employer collective agreements (MECA’s), the Employers & Manufacturers Association (Northern) says that that has nothing to do with the present wage negotiations with the Engineering, Printing and Manufacturing Union. More >>
Govt income rise
Tuesday, 1 March 2005, 5:01 pm | Employers And Manufacturers Association
Government's income from tax has been rising nearly three times faster than the average person's income the Employers & Manufacturers Association (Northern) says. More >>
Taxing petrol easy; building roads hard
Tuesday, 1 March 2005, 4:34 pm | Employers And Manufacturers Association
Raising the petrol tax by 5 cents a litre is the easy bit, but getting new road projects underway is proving too hard for Government, the Employers & Manufacturers Association (Northern) says. More >>
Employers misled by NZQA across all NCEA results
Tuesday, 22 February 2005, 1:27 pm | Employers And Manufacturers Association
The NCEA fiasco is not confined to the Scholarship year but affects levels one and two at least to the same extent, the Employers & Manufacturers Association (Northern) says. More >>
Concern doubles over ballooning Govt. spending
Thursday, 17 February 2005, 2:21 pm | Employers And Manufacturers Association
Finance Minister Dr Cullen's acknowledged concern over Government's ballooning $3 billion more in spending each year should be matched by concern over the rapid expansion of his Government's administration, says the Employers & Manufacturers Association ... More >>
Employment Court ruling sensible, practical
Tuesday, 15 February 2005, 5:34 pm | Employers And Manufacturers Association
In the first case brought to clarify the Holidays Act, the Employment Court has ruled in favour of the preferences of those operating a workplace over the uncertainties and ambiguity of the new law. More >>
Manufacturing Strategy Needs A Change Of Attitude
Thursday, 10 February 2005, 11:06 pm | Employers And Manufacturers Association
"The governments announcement of a Manufacturing Summit is welcomed" says Alasdair Thompson, chief executive, Employers and Manufactures Association (Northern). More >>
NCEA Flawed for Scholarship
Wednesday, 9 February 2005, 4:13 pm | Employers And Manufacturers Association
"The recent public assurance employers were given by the NZ Qualifications Authority that the NCEA is always consistent between schools and over time is again blown apart," said Alasdair Thompson, Chief Executive of the Employers & Manufacturers Association. More >>
