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Workplace Relations and Safety Minister Brooke van Velden has announced a set of changes to the health and safety system this week.

There are health risks faced by people working with engineered stone and the Minister for Workplace Relations and Safety Minister Brooke van Velden is seeking feedback on options that would eliminate or reduce these risks.

A substantial consultation on work health and safety is now open.

The Government has listened to feedback and has made a change to the size of dams impacted by the regulations, to reduce the number of dams that need to comply.

The Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) has released its report into the proactive assessment of multi-storey boarding houses.

Retailers are voluntarily recalling unsafe wall-mounted bathroom heaters.

The Health and Safety at Work (Health and Safety Representatives and Committees) Amendment Act has now passed into law.

Applications are now open for the $4,000 fog cannon subsidy for small retail businesses that want a fog cannon installed.

New guidance published by the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) today advises most seismically vulnerable buildings are not imminently dangerous and can remain occupied while seismic remediation work is planned, funded and undertaken.

The 5 week rapid antigen testing trial was used to garner learnings and feedback from 29 New Zealand businesses to inform a wider national roll-out as part of the country’s response to COVID-19.