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Employment Law Breaches:Canterbury Construction Firms Warned
Wednesday, 18 September 2013, 10:15 am | Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment
The Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment is warning Canterbury construction firms to make sure they’re complying with employment law, following recent action by the Labour Inspectorate. More >>
Inspectors visiting farms to check on quad bike safety
Friday, 13 September 2013, 10:18 am | Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment
With the arrival of Spring and longer working hours, the chances of an accident on a quad bike rise significantly, and farmers, their families, and farm employees must keep quad bike safety high on their safety priorities list. More >>
Two successful prosecutions against unlicensed workers
Thursday, 12 September 2013, 10:04 am | Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment
Two unregistered people have been convicted and fined, following separate investigations by the Electrical Workers Registration Board (EWRB). More >>
Fines a warning for fireworks importers
Tuesday, 10 September 2013, 3:27 pm | Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment
With Guy Fawkes Day less than two months away, fireworks importers are being reminded they must have products tested and approved before passing them on to retailers. More >>
Stratford farmer in breach of Minimum Wage Act
Friday, 6 September 2013, 2:16 pm | Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment
A Stratford farmer is to pay a former worker wage arrears after the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment’s Labour Inspectorate identified breaches of minimum employment rights. More >>
Petroleum and Minerals Report 2013
Tuesday, 3 September 2013, 5:13 pm | Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment
The Petroleum and Minerals Report takes and in-depth look into how New Zealand’s petroleum and minerals sector is performing. More >>
Small Business Development Group - Single Business Number
Friday, 30 August 2013, 3:22 pm | Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment
The Government-appointed Small Business Development Group welcomes the Government’s announcement today about the introduction of the New Zealand Business Number, says Group Convenor, Tenby Powell. More >>
Auckland businesses fined for labour breaches
Friday, 30 August 2013, 12:46 pm | Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment
Three Auckland convenience and liquor stores are to pay a total of $211,574.33 in wage repayments and penalties for breaches of employment law, following a determination by the Employment Relations Authority (ERA). More >>
MBIE appoints Chief Science Advisor
Tuesday, 27 August 2013, 1:16 pm | Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment
The Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment has appointed Professor Jim Metson to the position of Chief Science Advisor. “Science and innovation are central components in the Government’s agenda to improve business productivity and the quality of ... More >>
Skilled job vacancies in July up 7.5 per cent
Monday, 26 August 2013, 12:48 pm | Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment
Skilled job vacancies in July up 7.5 per cent Online job vacancies for skilled workers grew in July after a drop in June, according to the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment’s latest Jobs Online report. The latest seasonally adjusted results ... More >>
Energy in New Zealand 2013 report released
Thursday, 22 August 2013, 2:37 pm | Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment
The Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment has today released the annual Energy in New Zealand report. The report details the supply, transformation and use of all types of energy in New Zealand and contains facts and figures on energy prices, ... More >>
Funding round opens for Tourism Growth Partnership
Thursday, 22 August 2013, 10:24 am | Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment
The Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment is calling for tourism operators to submit investment proposals for the first funding round of the Tourism Growth Partnership. More >>
Latest Quarterly Labour Market Report available
Wednesday, 21 August 2013, 3:00 pm | Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment
The Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment has today released the August 2013 Quarterly Labour Market Report. This report combines the Ministry’s labour market monitoring programme with the latest developments in the labour market to ... More >>
Grain silo operator fined for worker injury
Tuesday, 20 August 2013, 1:42 pm | Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment
A worker who was seriously injured in a grain silo accident in October last year has been awarded $26,000 in emotional harm reparations and his employer, NZ Starch Ltd of Onehunga, fined $35,000. More >>
Tourism forecasts show long term outlook is positive
Tuesday, 20 August 2013, 12:29 pm | Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment
The New Zealand Tourism Sector Outlook report, released today by the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment shows that the long term outlook for the tourism sector is positive. Growth in spending is forecast to come from countries such as ... More >>
Roof fall costs house moving company
Monday, 19 August 2013, 3:04 pm | Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment
The Housemovers (Rotorua) Limited has been fined $54,000 and has to pay the victim $40,000 after a worker was seriously injured when he fell from the icy roof of a school building he was moving in July 2012. More >>
Worker loses fingertip in preventable accident
Thursday, 15 August 2013, 1:43 pm | Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment
A packaging accident in November last year in which a worker lost the tip of one finger and had another surgically repaired has cost her employer a fine of $20,000 and reparations of $5000. More >>
Carter Holt Harvey Porirua fine after worker injured in fall
Wednesday, 14 August 2013, 4:49 pm | Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment
Carter Holt Harvey has been fined $33,000 and ordered to pay the victim $12,000 in reparations after he fell through the eaves of its Carters building supplies store in Porirua in November last year. More >>
Visitor spend remains constant
Tuesday, 13 August 2013, 12:47 pm | Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment
Spending by visitors to New Zealand has remained fairly constant over the last year at $5.5 billion, according to the International Visitor Survey released today by the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment. More >>
Steel company fined
Friday, 2 August 2013, 5:27 pm | Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment
Lower Hutt steel manufacturer Kiwi Steel has been fined $52,000 and ordered to pay reparations of $15,000 to the victim after a worker had three fingers amputated in an accident on 12 December last year. More >>
