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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 >>
Migrant workers exploited in two remote New Zealand shops
Thursday, 11 October 2018, 2:16 pm | Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment
The Employment Court has ruled three migrant employees working in two stores in Murupara and Kopuriki will receive $10,000 each in compensation from an employer couple who “conspired to instigate, aid and abet” persistent breaches of their employment ... More >>
MBIE welcomes migrant sex worker research
Wednesday, 10 October 2018, 9:20 am | Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment
The Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) welcomes the findings of new independent research on migrant sex workers in New Zealand. The research was proactively commissioned by MBIE to better understand issues within the sex industry, ... More >>
Employment breaches found with broadband subcontractors
Monday, 8 October 2018, 3:23 pm | Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment
A Labour Inspectorate operation targeting Chorus subcontractors has found that nearly all of the subcontractors identified are breaching employment standards. More >>
Licensed Building Practitioner’s licence cancelled
Wednesday, 3 October 2018, 12:25 pm | Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment
The Building Practitioners Board (the Board) has cancelled a Licensed Building Practitioner’s (LBP) design licence for fraudulent behaviour, and ordered him to pay costs toward the inquiry. More >>
Levin builder fined for presenting himself as Licensed
Tuesday, 2 October 2018, 9:15 am | Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment
Unlicensed builder, Karl Whitfield has been sentenced in the Papakura District Court for wrongly holding himself out as a Licensed Building Practitioner (LBP) and carrying out restricted building work on an Auckland home. More >>
Two carpentry Licensed Building Practitioners disciplined
Friday, 28 September 2018, 2:10 pm | Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment
The Building Practitioners Board (BPB) has disciplined two Licensed Building Practitioners (LBPs) with carpentry licences for their negligent or incompetent work, and for failing to provide a record of work. More >>
Restaurant owner shows “no real remorse” for breaches
Friday, 28 September 2018, 9:34 am | Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment
Rotorua company, Vishnu Hospitality Limited, which trades as Lovely India restaurant has been ordered to pay $10,000 for failing to keep accurate employment records, and subsequently provide those records when requested by the Labour Inspectorate. More >>
Chatham’s airport upgrade a step closer with PGF funding
Thursday, 27 September 2018, 3:59 pm | Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment
The Chatham Islands’ plan to have more efficient and accessible air services for the local community and tourists in our most remote region has been given a boost with a $98,000 investment from the Provincial Growth Fund. More >>
Professor Evans appointed new Chief Science Advisor to MBIE
Friday, 21 September 2018, 1:48 pm | Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment
The Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) today announced the appointment of Professor Gary Evans to the role of Chief Science Advisor for MBIE. More >>
Renewable electricity generation hits 37-year high
Thursday, 20 September 2018, 12:11 pm | Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment
Favourable hydro and wind conditions in the second quarter of 2018 led to the highest proportion of renewable electricity generation for the quarter since 1981, according to the New Zealand Energy Quarterly released today by the Ministry of Business, Innovation ... More >>
Review finds meth standard not improperly influenced
Thursday, 20 September 2018, 10:58 am | Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment
An independent review commissioned by the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) has found the development of NZS 8510 Testing and decontamination of methamphetamine-contaminated properties (NZS 8510) was not improperly influenced by any particular interests or ... More >>
Six motor vehicle traders banned
Thursday, 20 September 2018, 9:50 am | Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment
The number of unregistered and prosecuted ‘cowboy’ traders is increasing, largely due to the growing online motor vehicle market. Over 12 months six traders have been banned from motor vehicle trading due to serious breaches which include failing to ... More >>
Job advertisements continue to rise in August 2018
Wednesday, 19 September 2018, 10:44 am | Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment
The number of online job advertisements rose by 0.5 per cent in the month of August 2018 and 7.4 per cent over the year, according to the latest Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) Jobs Online monthly data release. Jobs Online provides ... More >>
