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Land Transport Bill heads in right direction
Wednesday, 4 December 2002, 5:49 pm | Employers And Manufacturers Association
The Land Transport Bill is welcome for heading in the right direction, but it fails to ensure Auckland's transport gridlock will be managed back from crisis point anytime soon, the Employers & Manufacturers Association (Northern) says. More >>
Big pay winners and losers from wages survey
Wednesday, 4 December 2002, 8:38 am | Employers And Manufacturers Association
Supply and demand seems to be working reasonably well at determining basic wages and salaries according to the National Wages and Salary Survey conducted by the Employers & Manufacturers Association (Northern). More >>
Amazing about face on ACC experience rating
Tuesday, 3 December 2002, 4:33 pm | Employers And Manufacturers Association
The Government's new ACC's regulation to punish businesses with poor workplace safety records is an experience rating system of the sort Ministers Ruth Dyson and Margaret Wilson said they were dead set against, the Employers & Manufacturers Association ... More >>
Business offers qualified support on Air NZ deal
Monday, 25 November 2002, 12:33 am | Employers And Manufacturers Association
Provided the incentives established under the Air New Zealand/Qantas Joint Service Agreement work as intended, to maintain competitive pressures on passenger and freight routes, the Employers & Manufacturers Association (Northern) says it will support ... More >>
Annual pay up 4 per cent. Firms expect expansion
Wednesday, 13 November 2002, 2:32 pm | Employers And Manufacturers Association
Pay rates for the year ended July were an average 3.82 per cent higher than for 2001, well above the rate of inflation, according to the National Salary & Wage Survey conducted by the Employers & Manufacturers Association. More >>
Immigrants Wanted and welcome
Monday, 11 November 2002, 4:50 pm | Employers And Manufacturers Association
Winston Peters should be talking to business representatives before making provocative anti-immigrant speeches says the chief executive of the Employers & Manufacturers Association (Northern), Alasdair Thompson. More >>
Bold attempt to make tariff waves welcomed
Tuesday, 5 November 2002, 6:13 pm | Employers And Manufacturers Association
If the WTO is ever to make more progress towards free trade a small fish like New Zealand may as well make waves with a bold new approach than be sucked into the torpor of the world's big trading blocks, said Bruce Goldsworthy of the Employers & Manufacturers ... More >>
Manufacturing Auckland north on a roll
Wednesday, 30 October 2002, 9:20 am | Employers And Manufacturers Association
The latest ANZ-Business New Zealand PMI (Performance of Manufacturing Index) for September hit 61.8 for manufacturers in the north, stronger than the rest of New Zealand except the far south, and well ahead of Australia's PMI of 56.4. More >>
Completing road network steps closer
Wednesday, 23 October 2002, 5:01 pm | Employers And Manufacturers Association
The overruling of objections to the Mt Roskill extension by the Environment Court has boosted business confidence that Auckland's road network can be rapidly completed, the Employers & Manufacturers Association (Northern) says. More >>
Delaying changes to dangerous goods regs sensible
Wednesday, 23 October 2002, 4:49 pm | Employers And Manufacturers Association
The decision announced today by the Environmental Risk Management Authority (ERMA) to delay the transfer of dangerous goods to the new regulations under the HNSO Act proves the seriousness of the concerns over the HSNO Act previously stated by the ... More >>
Workplace Safety Law's New Risks, Costs
Tuesday, 22 October 2002, 10:21 am | Employers And Manufacturers Association
'Stress' and 'fatigue' new hazards, costs for workplace managers, plus useful changes to HS&E Bill. More >>
More cuts wanted to ACC levies + Poll findings
Monday, 14 October 2002, 4:02 pm | Employers And Manufacturers Association
A survey on changes proposed by ACC has found business wants the number of risk groups for experience rating kept at 130 rather than reduced to just 55. More >>
New PMI Survey Benchmarks Manufacturing Growth
Tuesday, 1 October 2002, 1:38 pm | Employers And Manufacturers Association
The Employers & Manufacturers Association (Northern) is pleased the new ANZ - Business New Zealand Performance of Manufacturing Index (PMI) is underway with first results showing growth prospects for manufacturers in the northern region. More >>
Latest 'Equal Pay' Proposals Hare Brained
Thursday, 26 September 2002, 1:12 pm | Employers And Manufacturers Association
The Labour Department's latest idea that employers should have to make gender-based assessments for equal pay claims based on comparisons of people doing the same work in different organizations, is way over the top. More >>
Low company tax rates spur investment and growth
Monday, 9 September 2002, 3:04 pm | Employers And Manufacturers Association
Canada's 21% company tax rate and the zero company tax rate levied in the UK for start up businesses are just two models New Zealand should be examining for their potential here, the Employers & Manufacturers Association suggests. More >>
Low Co. Tax Rates Would Spur Growth
Monday, 9 September 2002, 1:25 pm | Employers And Manufacturers Association
Canada's 21% company tax rate and the zero company tax rate levied in the UK for start up businesses are just two models New Zealand should be examining for their potential here, the Employers & Manufacturers Association suggests. More >>
Come Clean On Transport Strategy, Government Urged
Wednesday, 4 September 2002, 11:56 am | Employers And Manufacturers Association
Wednesday, September 4th, 2002 Come Clean On Transport Strategy, Government Urged The Transport Strategy released only to selected groups in confidence during the election campaign must be opened up for broad public debate before its adoption, ... More >>
Lack Of Skills Inhibiting Growth
Monday, 2 September 2002, 3:05 pm | Employers And Manufacturers Association
Monday, September 2nd, 2002 'Lack Of Skills Inhibiting Growth': Smarter Workplaces Called For A major meeting of minds of business and education is scheduled next month for Auckland. In the first of its kind, the event is to bring a concerted focus onto ... More >>
Eastern Expressway Huge Tonic For Confidence
Friday, 30 August 2002, 11:51 am | Employers And Manufacturers Association
Eastern Expressway Huge Tonic For Confidence At last we're getting the Eastern corridor underway! Its like a huge weight being lifted from off the back of Auckland's competitiveness. The expressway proposals are a massive tonic for business confidence. The Employers ... More >>
Crack Opens To Solving CER Investment Headache
Tuesday, 27 August 2002, 1:18 pm | Employers And Manufacturers Association
The Employers & Manufacturers Association (Northern) is warning, if enacted, the list of proposals in the review of Australia's international tax rules released late last week by Treasurer Peter Costello, will leave New Zealand further behind ... More >>
