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Charges against Peter Whittall not proceeding
Friday, 13 December 2013, 9:51 am | Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment
The Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment will not be proceeding with charges laid against former Pike River CEO Peter Whittall in connection with safety failings at the Pike River Mine. More >>
Chatham Rock Phosphate Ltd mining permit granted
Friday, 6 December 2013, 10:10 am | Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment
The Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment has granted a mining permit to Chatham Rock Phosphate Ltd for the extraction of rock phosphate on the Chatham Rise. More >>
New Zealand Housing and Construction Quarterly released
Thursday, 5 December 2013, 1:11 pm | Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment
New Zealand Housing and Construction Quarterly released The Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment today released the first edition of the New Zealand Housing and Construction Quarterly. “This new report provides the basis for informed debate ... More >>
Latest Quarterly Labour Market Report released
Wednesday, 4 December 2013, 10:49 am | Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment
Latest Quarterly Labour Market Report released The Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment has today released the Quarterly Labour Market Report for the September quarter. This report combines the Ministry’s labour market monitoring programme ... More >>
Chief Executive for WorkSafe New Zealand announced
Tuesday, 3 December 2013, 3:33 pm | Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment
WorkSafe New Zealand Board Chair Professor Gregor Coster is pleased to announce the appointment of Gordon MacDonald as Chief Executive, effective 17 March. More >>
Medium-Long term Employment Outlook released
Friday, 29 November 2013, 10:14 am | Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment
The Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment today released its annual Medium-Long Term Employment Outlook for the 2011-21 March year period. The outlook will be used to inform the Ministry’s medium-long term policy advice relating to immigration ... More >>
Labour Inspectorate extending dairy farm visits to regions
Tuesday, 26 November 2013, 10:14 am | Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment
The Labour Inspectorate is extending its dairy farm visits to regions across New Zealand to check compliance with minimum employment rights. More >>
Goodman Fielder fined for accident at Ernest Adams plant
Monday, 25 November 2013, 11:21 am | Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment
Goodman Fielder has been fined $32,500 and ordered to pay reparations of $8000 following a workplace accident at its Palmerston North Ernest Adams plant. More >>
Job vacancies increase for the second month in a row
Wednesday, 20 November 2013, 10:18 am | Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment
Online job vacancies have increased for two consecutive months, according to the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment’s latest Jobs Online report. More >>
Revised survey provides updated tourism spend
Thursday, 14 November 2013, 12:18 pm | Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment
New official estimates show that tourists to New Zealand are spending around $1.7 billion more per year more than previously thought. The International Visitor Survey is New Zealand’s primary measure of tourists’ spend and behaviour, with data ... More >>
Stowaway deported immediately on arrival in New Zealand
Monday, 11 November 2013, 2:40 pm | Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment
A man who attempted to enter New Zealand by stowing away on a container ship has been deported by Immigration New Zealand (INZ). INZ’s Compliance Manager Natalie Gardiner says the man was a former employee of the shipping company and decided to ... More >>
Coronial report on quad bike deaths
Monday, 11 November 2013, 12:41 pm | Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment
As part of his concurrent inquests in April this year into the five deaths, Coroner Shortland invited submissions on quad bike issues from a series of experts and involved parties, and his findings include his conclusions and recommendations (see summary ... More >>
Investigation launched following operation on North Shore
Thursday, 7 November 2013, 3:43 pm | Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment
The Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment has launched an investigation into reports of worker exploitation at a Korean food preparation factory on Auckland’s North Shore. More >>
Successful prosecution by Registrar of Motor Vehicle Traders
Friday, 1 November 2013, 4:12 pm | Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment
The Registrar of Motor Vehicle Traders at MBIE has successfully brought a prosecution against a Morrinsville man for operating a motor vehicle trading business without being registered. More >>
Two Dunedin companies fined for workplace accidents
Friday, 1 November 2013, 3:51 pm | Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment
Injuries to two workers in separate Dunedin workplace accidents have had their sequels in the Dunedin District Court today. More >>
Forestry death leads to fines for contractor
Thursday, 31 October 2013, 6:18 pm | Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment
A Taupo-based forestry contracting company has been fined $67,500 following the death of one of its crew members in a tree felling accident near Pongaroa in northern Wairarapa in November last year. More >>
Forestry death leads to fines for contractor
Thursday, 31 October 2013, 5:40 pm | Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment
A Wanganui forestry contracting company has been fined $67,500 following the death of one of its crew members in a tree felling accident near Pongaroa in northern Wairarapa in November last year. More >>
Four senior appointments for WorkSafe New Zealand announced
Friday, 25 October 2013, 3:44 pm | Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment
Mike Hargreaves will be WorkSafe NZ’s Chief Legal Advisor, Wayne Verhoeven will be General Manager Corporate/Chief Financial Officer, John Tulloch will be General Manager Communications, and Janine Hearn will be General Manager Human Resources. More >>
Freeze order served to Auckland businesses
Friday, 25 October 2013, 11:28 am | Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment
The Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment’s Labour Inspectorate has served freezing orders on three companies operating Auckland convenience and liquor stores owing over $200,000 for breaches of employment law. More >>
TOPEC sentenced for Paritutu rock deaths
Wednesday, 23 October 2013, 3:30 pm | Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment
Taranaki Outdoor Pursuit and Education Centre Trust (TOPEC) has been ordered to pay reparations totalling $269,500 on three charges after the deaths of two students and an instructor during a rock traverse on Paritutu Rock in New Plymouth on 30 January ... More >>
