Employers and Manufacturers Association Northern - Latest News [Page 9]
This Friday is HONK DAY!
Monday, 8 August 2005, 2:42 pm | Employers and Manufacturers Association Northern
On the first time pip coming up to 8am this Friday, Auckland’s commuters are all being asked to sound off on their car and truck horns. More >>
800% increase in days lost to industrial action
Monday, 8 August 2005, 11:12 am | Employers and Manufacturers Association Northern
Over 9,196 workdays were lost due to industrial action just in the second quarter of 2005 alone, says David Lowe, Employment Services Manager for EMA (Northern). More >>
Australia’s climate pact leaves NZ out in cold
Friday, 29 July 2005, 12:11 am | Employers and Manufacturers Association Northern
The climate change pact just announced by Australia, the US, China, India and South Korea represents the route to discharging our climate change obligations which New Zealand should have been party to, says the Employers & Manufacturers Association ... More >>
Interest write off unfair to vocational, trades
Wednesday, 27 July 2005, 12:11 am | Employers and Manufacturers Association Northern
Tax cuts across the board would be fairer to everyone compared to rewarding the educated elite with interest write offs, the Employers & Manufacturers Association (Northern) says. More >>
National's RMA policy welcome, as far as it goes
Monday, 25 July 2005, 5:27 pm | Employers and Manufacturers Association Northern
While the procedural changes mooted by National's RMA policy are necessary and very welcome, it's hard to tell if the changes go far enough, the Employers & Manufacturers Association (Northern) says. More >>
Leader in Business Support Recognition
Friday, 22 July 2005, 2:49 pm | Employers and Manufacturers Association Northern
The winning of the Vero Excellence in Business Support Award, non-profit category, by the Employers & Manufacturers Association (Northern) for its work in promoting the success of business through representation, knowledge and support, is the culmination ... More >>
Transport crisis campaign hits sensitive mark
Tuesday, 7 June 2005, 11:53 am | Employers and Manufacturers Association Northern
Transport Minister Peter Hodgson has registered the wrong website domain name in a knee jerk reaction to a campaign aimed at tapping Aucklanders frustration over transport. More >>
Wage settlements below 5% the norm
Monday, 23 May 2005, 12:54 am | Employers and Manufacturers Association Northern
Unions are settling many wage claims for less than five per cent per annum, with no benchmark figure in sight this year, says the Manager of Employment Services for EMA, David Lowe. More >>
Timid Budget
Thursday, 19 May 2005, 4:04 pm | Employers and Manufacturers Association Northern
Today’s Budget fails to present a longer term vision for sustaining New Zealand’s economic development, and certainly no tax cuts for business are anywhere in evidence. More >>
Overdue Budget for occupational illnesses welcome
Thursday, 12 May 2005, 12:34 am | Employers and Manufacturers Association Northern
‘Better late than never’ said Paul Jarvie, Health & Safety Services Manager for the Employers & Manufacturers Association (Northern) in response to the announcement today of new funding for workplace health. More >>
Ratepayers should be alarmed at ARC ports bid
Friday, 6 May 2005, 9:25 am | Employers and Manufacturers Association Northern
The Employers & Manufacturers Association (Northern) says the Auckland Regional Council bid for all the Ports of Auckland shares (via ARH): · ignores the need for public consultation, · is unnecessary for planning purposes, and · represents an extremely ... More >>
Wages And Productivity Lost for No Gain
Thursday, 5 May 2005, 10:31 am | Employers and Manufacturers Association Northern
The five per cent wage settlement over 15 months is effectively the same as the four per cent offer over 12 months made by employers at the outset of the wage negotiations, the Employers & Manufacturers Association (Northern) says. More >>
Wage claim appears to be disintegrating
Friday, 15 April 2005, 5:30 pm | Employers and Manufacturers Association Northern
The Metal Workers Multi Employer Collective Agreement (MECA) appears to be disintegrating, according to Alasdair Thompson, chief executive of the Employers & Manufacturers Association (Northern). More >>
Employers pick up challenge of workplace illness
Wednesday, 30 March 2005, 12:57 am | Employers and Manufacturers Association Northern
Employers are picking up the initial report from late last year saying disease in the workplace could be 10 times more serious than workplace injuries, and re-directing the issues raised back at Government. More >>
De-stabilising factors rattling home market
Friday, 18 March 2005, 11:41 am | Employers and Manufacturers Association Northern
Consequences from the ongoing skills shortages and the sustained high level of the New Zealand dollar are destabilising the local market, reports the Employers & Manufacturers Association (Northern). More >>
Decision on interest rate rise ‘brave’
Thursday, 10 March 2005, 11:21 am | Employers and Manufacturers Association Northern
The Reserve Bank Governor’s brave decision to raise interest rates again today will hit manufacturing exporters hard, the Employers & Manufacturers Association (Northern) says. More >>
‘Kiwis come home’ campaign needs business policies
Tuesday, 8 March 2005, 8:37 am | Employers and Manufacturers Association Northern
The recruitment campaign to get Kiwis back home is timely and welcome, the Employers & Manufacturers Association (Northern) says. More >>
Stay of hand urged on interest rate rise
Friday, 4 March 2005, 4:29 pm | Employers and Manufacturers Association Northern
Exporters are calling for a stay of hand by the Reserve Bank Governor on raising the official cash rate next week. More >>
Employers obliged to take on unneeded staff
Thursday, 2 December 2004, 8:29 am | Employers and Manufacturers Association Northern
From today some employers will find themselves forced to employ people they don’t need, the Employers & Manufacturers Association (Northern) says. More >>
Go ARTA . Hopes it can hit the roads running
Thursday, 2 December 2004, 8:28 am | Employers and Manufacturers Association Northern
Go ARTA, says the Employers & Manufacturers Association (Northern). The start up of the Auckland Regional Transport Authority (ARTA) today is welcome, said Alasdair Thompson, EMA’s chief executive. More >>