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Employment Law Changes Will Help With Jobs And Business
Friday, 26 April 2013, 11:51 am | Employers And Manufacturers Association
Employment law amendments introduced to Parliament today will help rebalance the workplace so businesses can adapt more quickly to changing conditions, says David Lowe, Employment Services Manager for the Employers & Manufacturers Association. More >>
Auckland's water charges driving business away
Thursday, 11 April 2013, 11:32 am | Employers And Manufacturers Association
Auckland's water charges are putting businesses at risk and driving others away, the Employers and Manufacturers Association has told the Auckland Council and Watercare hearings. More >>
Port essential for Auckland and the country
Tuesday, 9 April 2013, 12:56 pm | Employers And Manufacturers Association
Any decision not to let Auckland's port expand under its new plan is effectively a decision to close it down, the Employers and Manufacturers Association says. More >>
Taxing personal use of work mobile phones
Friday, 1 March 2013, 10:24 am | Employers And Manufacturers Association
Taxing personal use of work mobile phones, laptops and car parks, to hit SMEs hardest More >>
Proposals to tax personal use of work mobiles unenforceable
Wednesday, 27 February 2013, 4:36 pm | Employers And Manufacturers Association
Proposals by Inland Revenue to tax the personal use of work mobile communication devices like mobile phones, tablets and laptops are both unenforceable and contrary to government's ambition to lift workplace productivity, the Employers and Manufacturers ... More >>
Capital markets report identifies challenge to growth
Wednesday, 27 February 2013, 2:21 pm | Employers And Manufacturers Association
For New Zealand exports to rise to 40 per cent of GDP, $200 billion in capital is needed by 2020, much more than is currently invested in our export economy. That's the scale of the challenge presented by the Building Capital Markets report issued ... More >>
New Focused Workplace Health & Safety Agency Excellent
Thursday, 21 February 2013, 2:40 pm | Employers And Manufacturers Association
The Employers and Manufacturers Association is pleased with the announcement today for a new, single-focus workplace health and safety agency to be established. More >>
Govt Focus Right On The Money, But...
Friday, 25 January 2013, 3:47 pm | Employers And Manufacturers Association
Prime Minister Key's aspirational speech today focuses on what it needs to - the economy, and business applauds that, as far it goes. More >>
Auckland Council please explain
Tuesday, 22 January 2013, 4:30 pm | Employers And Manufacturers Association
The recent revelation that staff numbers at Auckland Council and its CCOs are up by 840 over one year to June 2012 or 12 per cent is hard to understand, says Kim Campbell, chief executive of the Employers and Manufacturers Association. More >>
Deflation spectre portends cut to OCR needed
Friday, 18 January 2013, 3:33 pm | Employers And Manufacturers Association
In light of the latest CPI result today the Reserve Bank should review how it assesses inflation and cut the official cash rate, the Employers and Manufacturers Association says. More >>
High interest, high business tax rates penalising investment
Wednesday, 16 January 2013, 12:20 pm | Employers And Manufacturers Association
While we do not agree companies operating in New Zealand should aggressively seek to pay the minimum tax possible in New Zealand, this is no time to be signaling we are about to tighten our company tax rules, the Employers and Manufacturers Association ... More >>
Current business environment the new normal
Thursday, 20 December 2012, 10:27 am | Employers And Manufacturers Association
In an annual, end of year survey employers have indicated 2012 was similar to 2011 with more of the same expected next year, says David Lowe, Employment Services Manager, for the Employers and Manufacturers Association. (Full results are here ) More >>
Petrol tax increase backed
Wednesday, 19 December 2012, 1:48 pm | Employers And Manufacturers Association
The Employers and Manufacturers Association is backing the increase in the fuel excise tax over the next three years, as an important and efficient source of revenue for growing the economy. More >>
Auckland's Central Rail Loop Must Be Fast Tracked
Friday, 14 December 2012, 2:44 pm | Employers And Manufacturers Association
The argy bargy between Auckland and Wellington over who should decide whether Auckland should complete Auckland's inner city rail link, or when, is classic comedy, and besides it largely misses the point, says the Employers and Manufacturers Association. More >>
Trans Tasman double taxing of dividends economic colonialism
Thursday, 13 December 2012, 3:50 pm | Employers And Manufacturers Association
The failure to make a firm recommendation on the mutual recognition of imputation tax credits clouds the value elsewhere in the joint report, Strengthening Trans-Tasman Economic Relations, just released by the Productivity Commissions of New Zealand ... More >>
Gaps to be filled in Natural Resources report
Tuesday, 11 December 2012, 3:55 pm | Employers And Manufacturers Association
The latest government Business Growth Agenda report - Building Natural Resources - is an elegant summary of the work underway, and is well and good as far as it goes, the Employers & Manufacturers Association says. More >>
Business chuffed by roaming charges breakthrough
Monday, 10 December 2012, 5:05 pm | Employers And Manufacturers Association
Telecom's flat-rate data roaming prices from Friday next week have brought a cheer of approval from business, particularly exporters. More >>
TPP of seminal importance for jobs
Friday, 7 December 2012, 6:25 pm | Employers And Manufacturers Association
The Trans Pacific Partnership is of seminal importance for developing job opportunities in New Zealand, says Kim Campbell, chief executive of the Employers & Manufacturers Association. More >>
Export report praised for raising difficult questions
Friday, 16 November 2012, 10:55 am | Employers And Manufacturers Association
The NZIER report released today, Lifting Export Performance prepared for Export New Zealand is a timely reminder of the challenging issues facing us if we are to improve our standard of living, the Employers and Manufacturers Association says. More >>
Minister of Labour Kate Wilkinson’s resignation regretted
Monday, 5 November 2012, 5:11 pm | Employers And Manufacturers Association
The resignation of Hon Kate Wilkinson as Minister of Labour is regrettable but typical of the high standard she has set herself, says David Lowe, Employment Services Manager for the EMA (Employers & Manufacturers Association). More >>
