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Licensed Building Practitioner has license cancelled
Thursday, 13 December 2018, 10:45 am | Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment
Licensed Building Practitioner has licence cancelled for 10 years A Licensed Building Practitioner (LBP) who underquoted work on an Auckland home by nearly $250,000 has been disciplined by the Building Practitioners Board (the Board) for carrying out ... More >>
Dunedin pair to pay $11,500 for breaching employment law
Tuesday, 4 December 2018, 2:36 pm | Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment
Two Dunedin restaurant employers have been ordered to pay $11,500 by the Employment Relations Authority (ERA). More >>
Consultation opens on Block Offer 2018
Wednesday, 28 November 2018, 3:57 pm | Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment
New Zealand Petroleum & Minerals has today initiated consultation with iwi and hapū on the proposed Block Offer 2018 release area for petroleum exploration permits. More >>
Christchurch man fined for employing unlicensed student
Monday, 26 November 2018, 10:57 am | Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment
An unlicensed electrical worker has been prosecuted and fined $2550 in the Christchurch District Court for permitting a university student to carry out prescribed electrical work on his property. More >>
Exploitation of single worker results in $188,500 to be paid
Wednesday, 21 November 2018, 10:34 am | Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment
A Christchurch suburban dairy and its owners have been ordered to pay $85,000 in penalties for exploiting and underpaying a staff member by more than $103,000 over a four-year period. More >>
Job advertisements continue to rise in October
Wednesday, 21 November 2018, 10:26 am | Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment
The number of online job advertisements rose by 0.8 per cent in the month of October 2018 and 9.4 per cent over the year according to the latest Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) Jobs Online monthly data release. Vacancies increased ... More >>
Agent pleads guilty to unlawful immigration advice
Wednesday, 21 November 2018, 9:38 am | Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment
The director of an Auckland based education placement service for international students has been handed down a commuted sentence of nine months home detention, after pleading guilty to four charges of unlawful immigration advice. More >>
Otaki man fined for unlicensed electrical work
Tuesday, 20 November 2018, 9:48 am | Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment
Unlicensed electrical worker Dmitri Fedoulov has been fined in the Wellington District Court for undertaking prescribed electrical work (PEW) on his own property. More >>
International visitor spending shows strong growth
Thursday, 15 November 2018, 11:18 am | Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment
The latest International Visitor Survey results released today by the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment show spending by international visitors increased seven per cent to $11.1 billion for the year to September 2018. More >>
Canterbury Trotting Club fined $10,000 for underpaying staff
Thursday, 15 November 2018, 10:44 am | Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment
The New Zealand Metropolitan Trotting Club Inc. (the Trotting Club) has been ordered to pay a $10,000 penalty by the Employment Relations Authority (ERA) for failure to pay more than 50 employees their correct holiday pay. More >>
MBIE decision on ACP CodeMark certificates
Monday, 12 November 2018, 3:56 pm | Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment
All six of the original aluminium composite panel (ACP) CodeMark certificates suspended in July, have been removed from the CodeMark register, with each certificate either being revoked by MBIE, withdrawn by the manufacturer, or reissued as a new certificate ... More >>
Small Business Council getting down to work
Friday, 9 November 2018, 2:47 pm | Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment
The creation of a small business strategy will take a step forward in coming weeks as the Small Business Council sharpens its focus on the areas that will make the biggest difference to the long term development of the sector. More >>
Sole director fined for fraudulent building compliance
Wednesday, 7 November 2018, 10:33 am | Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment
An Auckland man has been found guilty in the Manukau District Court for using a Licensed Building Practitioner’s (LBP’s) name and licence number on documentation that the LBP had no involvement with. More >>
Waikato company and director to pay $37,500 for employment b
Wednesday, 7 November 2018, 10:19 am | Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment
A Waikato company has been ordered to pay $25,000, and similarly its sole director has been ordered to pay $12,500 by the Employment Relations Authority (ERA) for exploiting six staff underpaid by more than $17,300. More >>
MBIE investigating Gordon Paul Bayne
Friday, 2 November 2018, 3:57 pm | Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment
The Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) is investigating complaints made in relation to Gordon Paul Bayne, also referred to as Paul Bayne. MBIE’s Integrity and Enforcement Team are undertaking the investigation on behalf of the Official ... More >>
Airline prosecuted for boarding unauthorised passenger
Wednesday, 31 October 2018, 12:15 pm | Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment
A Malaysian-based airline has been prosecuted and fined $9,000 for allowing a passenger to board a flight to New Zealand - despite being told by Immigration New Zealand (INZ) not to do so. More >>
Job advertisements rise by 1.9 per cent in September quarter
Wednesday, 31 October 2018, 10:11 am | Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment
Jobs Online figures released today by the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment show the number of job advertisements rose by 1.9 per cent in the September 2018 quarter. Dr Rose Ryan, MBIE’s Workforce and Workplace manager, part of the wider ... More >>
Waikato companies penalised $21,000 for employment breaches
Wednesday, 24 October 2018, 1:21 pm | Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment
Two Waikato businesses operated by a sole director and shareholder have been ordered to pay $21,600 in penalties by the Employment Relations Authority (ERA) for exploiting a migrant worker underpaid by nearly $30,000. More >>
Blackmail scammers hard at work over Labour Weekend
Tuesday, 23 October 2018, 3:17 pm | Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment
Scammers have been hard at work over the long weekend, and while New Zealanders were out enjoying the three day break, CERT NZ received a significant spike in reports of webcam blackmail scams. More >>
Understanding variability in tourism spend
Friday, 19 October 2018, 11:19 am | Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment
Understanding variability in tourism spend A report released today by the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment shows that while arrival numbers and international tourism spend between 2013 – mid 2018 increased, this period was particularly irregular ... More >>
