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Government Backs Off Kyoto Platform

Tuesday, 5 February 2002, 11:34 am | Employers And Manufacturers Association

'Climate change' Minister Pete Hodgson has advised he is no longer available to address the Kyoto Summit in Auckland on February 20th, citing an electorate day as more important. More >>

Minimum Wage Rise Is Short Term Fix

Tuesday, 5 February 2002, 9:24 am | Employers And Manufacturers Association

The Government’s decision to raise the minimum wage gets a tick for the extra cash for the small number on the minimum wage, EMA Central says. More >>

Chronic Skills Shortages Stunt NZ Growth

Tuesday, 5 February 2002, 8:51 am | Employers And Manufacturers Association

While all New Zealanders should be pleased with the high employment levels the country is enjoying, the EMA Central doubts Steve Maharey's assertion today that New Zealand is now "well placed" to respond to changes in the international economy. More >>

Holidays proposals punishing

Friday, 1 February 2002, 4:04 pm | Employers And Manufacturers Association

Businesses will be punished even more for trying to keep people in work under the law changes proposed for the Holidays Act, the Employers and Manufacturers (Northern) says. More >>

Business Summit To Seek Kyoto Impasse Resolution

Tuesday, 22 January 2002, 11:58 am | Employers And Manufacturers Association

A business summit to explore how, if at all, New Zealand can win competitive advantage by ratifying the Kyoto 'climate change' Protocol is being organized by the Employers & Manufacturers Association (Northern) for next month. More >>

EMA Central Suggests Treasury Gets Creative

Friday, 18 January 2002, 4:03 pm | Employers And Manufacturers Association

The Employers & Manufacturer’s Association (Central) congratulates Treasury on its attempt to find ways to work around a couple of age-old economic problems, New Zealand’s size and its distance from the rest of the world. More >>

Still Room to Ease Interest Rates a Tad

Friday, 18 January 2002, 3:01 pm | Employers And Manufacturers Association

Retail Sales Growth Good News But There's Still Room to Ease Interest Rates a Tad More >>

Interest Rates Could Take Another Small Cut

Thursday, 17 January 2002, 4:40 pm | Employers And Manufacturers Association

"The Q4 consumer price index increase of 0.6% has delivered a much welcomed low annual 1.8% inflation rate for the year, confirming that interest rates could have dropped sooner and lower than they were allowed by last year's OCR reductions", ... More >>

Call To Abandon FBT

Wednesday, 16 January 2002, 10:41 am | Employers And Manufacturers Association

Government's proposed review of Fringe Benefit Tax applying to motor vehicles this year should be foregone and the tax simply abandoned altogether, the Employers & Manufacturers Association (Northern) says. More >>

Pay Rates Rise Faster For Lower Skills: Survey

Friday, 11 January 2002, 9:27 am | Employers And Manufacturers Association

The wages and salaries of truck drivers and production workers rose faster than general managers' and computer programmers' pay last year, the Employers & Manufacturers Association (Northern) reports. More >>

Survey Points To Huge Scope For SME's Going Online

Thursday, 10 January 2002, 9:48 am | Employers And Manufacturers Association

A survey of mainly small enterprises highlights the urgency Government should place on getting itself online to boost e-business amongst small and medium size enterprises, the Employers & Manufacturers Association (Northern) says. More >>

Business hits a Christmas week jackpot

Friday, 21 December 2001, 2:17 pm | Employers And Manufacturers Association

Deputy Prime Minister Jim Anderton and Auckland's Mayor John Banks may make strange bedfellows though their commitment in both cases to celebrating success in business, as for other spheres of activity, is itself a cause for celebration, the Employers ... More >>

Skills Shortages Threaten Positive Outlook

Thursday, 20 December 2001, 4:24 pm | Employers And Manufacturers Association

Employers welcome the Government’s proposed improvements to industry training, but feel the effort comes too late to help companies already struggling with skill shortages. More >>

Cuts To Red Tape Positive

Tuesday, 18 December 2001, 4:37 pm | Employers And Manufacturers Association

Business will be mollified by today's announcements on the steps taken to cut compliance costs, the Employers & Manufacturers Association (Northern) says, but not convinced the war on red tape is being won. More >>

CEP Partnership Must Be Tripartite With Australia

Friday, 7 December 2001, 10:16 am | Employers And Manufacturers Association

Progressing a free trade agreement with the United States requires New Zealand and Australia to first align their interests before expecting discussions to commence with the United States, the Employers & Manufacturers Association (Northern) ... More >>

Minister's comments expose Kyoto truth

Tuesday, 4 December 2001, 1:36 pm | Employers And Manufacturers Association

Energy Minister Hodgson's attack on the Employers & Manufacturers Association yesterday (EMA Northern Misleading Public over Climate Change) emphasises how little Government knows about the impact its policy will have on the economy, the association ... More >>