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EMA In Accord With CTU On Employment Court Ruling
Thursday, 31 May 2001, 2:42 pm | Employers And Manufacturers Association
The Employers & Manufacturers Association (Northern) is blaming Labour Minister Margaret Wilson for the just-released Employment Court decision allowing the cross-examination of parties where conflicts of evidence arise. More >>
All the right words for growth...
Thursday, 24 May 2001, 5:56 pm | Employers And Manufacturers Association
The Budget used all the right words in support of business growth though still not enough is being done to lift the country to a higher level of economic performance, says the Employers & Manufacturers Association (Northern). More >>
Safe Workplace Programmes the Best Incentive
Wednesday, 16 May 2001, 6:29 pm | Employers And Manufacturers Association
The Employers and Manufacturers' Association strongly supports the principle of reducing workplace fatalities as outlined in the summary report of the Review of the Health and Safety in Employment Act yesterday. More >>
Slow Action On Interest Rates Holding NZ Back
Wednesday, 16 May 2001, 10:45 am | Employers And Manufacturers Association
The 0.25 per cent cut in the official interest rate today underlines again the excessive caution of our Reserve Bank, the Employers & Manufacturers Association (Northern) says. More >>
Construction Contracts Bill Supported
Tuesday, 15 May 2001, 12:44 am | Employers And Manufacturers Association
The Employers & Manufacturers Association (Northern) is welcoming the Construction Contracts Bill about to be introduced to Parliament. More >>
Gulf Marine Act clouds port development
Monday, 14 May 2001, 3:16 pm | Employers And Manufacturers Association
Conservation Minister Sandra Lee's retroactive intervention last week under the Hauraki Gulf Marine Park Act 2000 could have far reaching and drastic consequences for the development of Auckland's port, say the Employers & Manufacturers Association ... More >>
Fees And Compliance Of New Environment Law
Monday, 14 May 2001, 10:31 am | Employers And Manufacturers Association
The fees and compliance costs of the hazardous substances part of the HSNO Act 1996 are so huge that the Employers & Manufacturers Association (Northern) is making a last ditch plea for the Ministerial Panel on Business Compliance (the Alan Dunn ... More >>
Resources Act imposing intolerable costs, delays
Friday, 11 May 2001, 5:10 pm | Employers And Manufacturers Association
The administration of the Resource Management Act, and political interference in its procedures, is imposing intolerable costs on society and restraining economic growth, the Employers & Manufacturers Association (Northern) says. More >>
Investment trend up but business conditions falter
Monday, 7 May 2001, 9:21 am | Employers And Manufacturers Association
The Employers & Manufacturers Association Survey of Business Conditions prevailing in the north for March confirms other recent indicators that the outlook for both sales and profit has slipped back markedly over the previous month, though new investment ... More >>
Judge Is Out Of Order
Thursday, 3 May 2001, 10:36 am | Employers And Manufacturers Association
Contrary to what Judge Arthur Tompkins thinks, there is no obligation whatsoever for employers to pay staff while they are on jury service, the Employers & Manufacturers Association (Northern) says. More >>
Attack On Shareholder Responsibilities Incredible
Tuesday, 24 April 2001, 11:29 am | Employers And Manufacturers Association
The call on television last night by Chamber of Commerce chief, Michael Barnett, for Qantas New Zealand owners to front up with more money than they have already lost is incredible, says Alasdair Thompson, the chief executive of the Employers ... More >>
New Immigration Rules A Timely Rapid Response
Friday, 20 April 2001, 12:44 am | Employers And Manufacturers Association
Allowing industry groups to recruit needed skills from overseas adds a welcome and timely flexibility to our immigration rules, the Employers & Manufacturers Association (Northern) says. More >>
High interest rates place exports, growth at risk
Thursday, 19 April 2001, 1:52 pm | Employers And Manufacturers Association
The Reserve Bank's conservatism in cutting interest rates is placing our export competitiveness, and growth at risk, the Employers & Manufacturers Association (Nothern) says. More >>
Growth cycle peaked; lower interest rates sought
Wednesday, 18 April 2001, 9:58 am | Employers And Manufacturers Association
The Employers & Manufacturers Association (Northern) is urging the Reserve Bank not to wait until May to cut interest rates. More >>
Assurances on Kyoto welcome
Thursday, 12 April 2001, 4:43 pm | Employers And Manufacturers Association
The messages given by Science Minister Pete Hodgson this week on New Zealand's position over the Kyoto Protocol are reassuring and welcome, the Employers & Manufacturers Association says. More >>
Logs Dispute A Swamp Of Luddite Emotion
Wednesday, 11 April 2001, 3:51 pm | Employers And Manufacturers Association
Employers may have to resort to court injunctions if the waterside workers' union does not accept it is in the wrong and stops unlawfully picketing, the Employers & Manufacturers Association (Northern) says. More >>
Hillsborough Highway Extensions Must Be Sped Up
Wednesday, 4 April 2001, 11:59 am | Employers And Manufacturers Association
The Employers & Manufacturers Association wants the new roading extensions from Hillsborough to Richardson Road completed in half the time that Transit New Zealand is proposing, in 2.5 years, not five. More >>
Half Year Report On ERA - Overall, A Pass
Thursday, 29 March 2001, 4:35 pm | Employers And Manufacturers Association
After six months of the Employment Relations Act, the Employers & Manufacturers Association has examined its performance and handed out an interim report on it. More >>
Clean Slate Law: Concept Fine, But Bill Flawed
Thursday, 29 March 2001, 3:03 pm | Employers And Manufacturers Association
The Employers & Manufacturers Association (Northern) says it backs the concept of a clean slate for minor offenders who stay out of trouble for seven years, but the present Bill leaves employers at risk. EMA actively supports the "Fresh ... More >>
Call To Reassess NZ's Kyoto Plan
Thursday, 29 March 2001, 1:47 pm | Employers And Manufacturers Association
The United States rejection of the Kyoto Protocol for the reduction of greenhouse gases means New Zealand should reassess its position on climate change controls, and not try to go it alone, the Employers & Manufacturers Association says. More >>
