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EMA invites you to attend Thrive Auckland 2004

Friday, 16 April 2004, 2:37 pm | Employers And Manufacturers Association

EMA invites you to attend Thrive Auckland 2004 next Thursday. Or send someone in your place. Thrive is the flagship business event of the Employers and Manufacturers Association (Northern). More >>

Ratepayers Have No Business Owning Marina

Thursday, 15 April 2004, 4:08 pm | Employers And Manufacturers Association

Auckland city has no business stomping up one cent let alone $46 million to buy the Westhaven marina, the Employers & Manufacturers Association (Northern) says. More >>

Personal grievances costing $12 million annually

Tuesday, 13 April 2004, 8:31 am | Employers And Manufacturers Association

(Our apologies for an error in misplacing the decimal point and for any misleading conclusions that may have resulted. We believe all the other statistics in the following analysis to be accurate and remain the same as previously) More >>

Personal grievances costing $120 million annually

Thursday, 8 April 2004, 1:14 pm | Employers And Manufacturers Association

"Of a total of 54 personal grievance claims arising from redundancy cases last year, 57 per cent or 31 were decided in the employee's favour," said Peter Tritt, EMA's Employment Relations Manager. More >>

Reserve Bank intervention opens door to huge risk

Wednesday, 7 April 2004, 2:33 pm | Employers And Manufacturers Association

Parliament's thumbs up yesterday to the Reserve Bank's intervening in currency markets opens the door to further enormous risk, the Employers & Manufacturers Association (Northern) says. More >>

500MW coal fired power plant study welcome

Tuesday, 6 April 2004, 2:28 pm | Employers And Manufacturers Association

Genesis Power's announcement on its feasibility planning for a 500MW coal fired electricity generation plant brings commonsense back to the energy debate, the Employers & Manufacturers Association (Northern) says. More >>

Government knew all along Aqua likely to fail

Wednesday, 31 March 2004, 5:32 pm | Employers And Manufacturers Association

The axing of the Aqua project is largely a problem of the Government's own making, and it has known it could easily fail for well over a year, the Employers & Manufacturers Association (Northern) claims. More >>

ARC Sub Committee Bigger Than Council

Tuesday, 23 March 2004, 10:58 am | Employers And Manufacturers Association

The ARC councilors' resolution to vote all of themselves onto the Auckland Regional Land Transport Committee, plus other representatives, will see Auckland become the butt of more jokes, and the dinosaur holding back the country's success, the Employers ... More >>

Cut company tax rate

Wednesday, 17 March 2004, 1:07 pm | Employers And Manufacturers Association

On this St Patrick's Day National leader Don Brash should have announced his commitment on company tax rates to match the Irish, the Employers & Manufacturers Association (Northern) says. More >>

Popularity of paying for work performance on rise

Wednesday, 10 March 2004, 1:08 pm | Employers And Manufacturers Association

The practice of paying by results through performance incentives and bonuses is rising in popularity according to the Employers Salary and Wage Survey carried out nationally by the Employers & Manufacturers Association. More >>

Jobs Jolt small, though practical initiative

Wednesday, 3 March 2004, 2:38 pm | Employers And Manufacturers Association

The Jobs Jolt programme with 259 areas barred to more people on the dole moving to them is a small, practical way to get more people into the workforce, the Employers & Manufacturers Association (Northern) says. More >>

Company tax cuts would lift kiwi battler spirits

Monday, 1 March 2004, 3:33 pm | Employers And Manufacturers Association

The best thing Government could do to give low and middle income kiwi battlers a break would be to cut their company tax rates, the Employers & Manufacturers Association (Northern) says. More >>

Go Global A Universal Success

Friday, 27 February 2004, 7:22 pm | Employers And Manufacturers Association

Taking on the world just got a little bit easier for hundreds of New Zealand's exporters. Facing a challenging international environment, they gathered today at the Auckland Town Hall for the Employers and Manufacturers Association's GO GLOBAL summit, to ... More >>

Fear Factor Can Drive Exports

Thursday, 26 February 2004, 4:56 pm | Employers And Manufacturers Association

Some of New Zealand's biggest international customers are basing their purchasing decisions on sustainability, product safety and environmental values - factors that exporters would be foolish to ignore. More >>

Govt. Back-Down Needed On Border Security Tax

Wednesday, 25 February 2004, 2:28 pm | Employers And Manufacturers Association

The Government's search for ways to soothe angry voters should look no further than the $20 million border security tax it is proposing to levy on the country's international traders. More >>

Business Gets Closer To Chalk Face

Tuesday, 24 February 2004, 2:30 pm | Employers And Manufacturers Association

The Employers and Manufacturers Association (Northern) has announced it will be offering scholarships to trainee teachers at the Auckland College of Education to learn more about business. More >>

New Holidays Act wide open to abuse

Friday, 20 February 2004, 12:38 am | Employers And Manufacturers Association

The new Holidays Act due for enforcement on April 1st will allow widespread abuse of its bereavement leave provisions, the Employers & Manufacturers Association (Northern) says. More >>

Small Business Charm Offensive Back Firing

Friday, 13 February 2004, 1:02 pm | Employers And Manufacturers Association

Small business minister John Tamihere's much touted 'taking the pulse' offensive is backfiring, the Employers & Manufacturers Association (Northern) says. More >>

Two Weeks To Go Global

Monday, 9 February 2004, 5:41 pm | Employers And Manufacturers Association

Registrations are filling fast for the GO GLOBAL export summit in Auckland on Friday, 27 February. More >>

Free trade deal pegs NZ beneath Oz

Monday, 9 February 2004, 4:14 pm | Employers And Manufacturers Association

The comprehensive free trade deal between Australia and the US will make New Zealand more dependent on Australia while pegging our growth rates below theirs, the Employers & Manufacturers Association (Northern) says. More >>

   

 
 
 
 
 

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