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

The Government has today released the Digital Technologies Industry Transformation Plan (ITP), to transform and grow Aotearoa New Zealand’s digital technologies sector.

MBIE is seeking suggestions for additions to ACC’s list of occupational diseases – work-related injuries caused by a gradual process, disease or infection.

Aotearoa New Zealand is on a journey to reducing our greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, and this will bring changes to how we all live, work and get around.

The Prime Minister has announced that the adult minimum wage will be rising to $22.70 per hour from 1 April 2023.

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

Kahn David Ratcliffe, an unregistered motor vehicle trader, was convicted last week for breaching the Motor Vehicle Sales Act 2003 (MVSA).

Improved working conditions for workers in the screen industry is now a reality with the Screen Industry Workers Act passing into law.

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 Minister for Workplace Relations and Safety announced today that parental leave payments will increase by 6.33% from Friday, 1 July 2022, to reflect the 6.33% rise in the average weekly earnings.