Workplace Relations and Safety
The Minister and Associate Minister for Workplace Relations and Safety are proactively releasing the titles of documents received from MBIE.
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The following lists are as accurate as possible at the time of publishing and may be updated or added to. This list includes papers received from the Minister’s reporting agency where the Minister and Associate Minister are the main recipients. Papers received from other agencies, or where a paper has been referred to the Minister by another Minister, are not included in this list.
Titles of briefings that accompany responses to Official Information Act requests to the Minister are not included in this list.
Some information has been withheld for the following reasons:
- National security or defence
- Commercial information
- Confidentiality
- Likely otherwise to damage the public interest
- Confidential advice to Government
- Free and frank expression of opinion
- Legal professional privilege
- Negotiations
February 2026
| Tracking number | Title | Date received by Minister | Author |
|---|---|---|---|
| BRIEFING-REQ-0026653 | Employment Leave Bill: Draft Cabinet Legislation Committee paper | 4 February | MBIE |
| BRIEFING-REQ-0026948 | Title withheld: Confidential advice to Government | 4 February | MBIE |
| BRIEFING-REQ-0026754 | Title withheld: Confidential advice to Government | 4 February | MBIE |
| BRIEFING-REQ-0026956 | Security (Accident Compensation and Calculation of Weekly Income) Amendment Bill: Employment Leave Implications | 4 February | MBIE |
| BRIEFING-REQ-0026955 | Further information on approach to salary smoothing in the Employment Leave Bill | 5 February | MBIE |
| BRIEFING-REQ-0026748 | Workplace Relations and Safety weekly report - week ending 5 February 2026 | 5 February | MBIE |
| BRIEFING-REQ-0026949 | Meeting with Dr Andrew Dallas, Chief of the Employment Relations Authority | 5 February | MBIE |
| BRIEFING-REQ-0026945 | Title withheld: Confidential advice to Government | 5 February | MBIE |
| BRIEFING-REQ-0026569 | Title withheld: Confidential advice to Government | 9 February | MBIE |
| BRIEFING-REQ-0026072 | Title withheld: Confidential advice to Government | 9 February | MBIE |
| BRIEFING-REQ-0027271 | Employment Leave Bill - Updated Cabinet Legislation Committee paper | 11 February | MBIE |
| BRIEFING-REQ-0026886 | US State Department Trafficking in Persons Report 2026 - WRS questions for review | 11 February | MBIE |
| BRIEFING-REQ-0026522 | 2026 March Baseline Update Submission: Vote Labour Market – Workplace Relations and Safety Portfolio | 12 February | MBIE |
| BRIEFING-REQ-0027128 | Workplace Relations and Safety weekly report - week ending 12 February 2026 | 12 February | MBIE |
| BRIEFING-REQ-0027461 | Title withheld: Confidential advice to Government | 12 February | MBIE |
| BRIEFING-REQ-0026966 | 2026 Site Safe Awards Speech | 16 February | MBIE |
| BRIEFING-REQ-0027475 | Title withheld: Confidential advice to Government | 16 February | MBIE |
| BRIEFING-REQ-0026321 | 2025/26 Mid-Year Performance Report - Workplace Relations & Safety Portfolio | 18 February | MBIE |
| BRIEFING-REQ-0024844 | Title withheld: Confidential advice to Government | 18 February | MBIE |
| BRIEFING-REQ-0027931 | Remuneration Authority - Documentation to Finalise appointments and Letter to the Chair | 19 February | MBIE |
| BRIEFING-REQ-0027643 | Workplace Relations and Safety weekly report - week ending 19 February 2026 | 19 February | MBIE |
| BRIEFING-REQ-0027457 | Title withheld: Confidential advice to Government | 20 February | MBIE |
| BRIEFING-REQ-0027948 | Title withheld: Confidential advice to Government | 20 February | MBIE |
| BRIEFING-REQ-0026343 | Title withheld: Confidential advice to Government | 24 February | MBIE |
| BRIEFING-REQ-0028109 | Title withheld: Confidential advice to Government | 24 February | MBIE |
| BRIEFING-REQ-0025920 | Title withheld: Confidential advice to Government | 25 February | MBIE |
| BRIEFING-REQ-0023836 | Workplace Relations and Safety Policy work programme update – February 2026 | 25 February | MBIE |
| BRIEFING-REQ-0027718 | Title withheld: Confidential advice to Government | 26 February | MBIE |
| BRIEFING-REQ-0027934 | Workplace Relations and Safety weekly report - week ending 26 February 2026 | 26 February | MBIE |
| BRIEFING-REQ-0026673 | Approval to submit New Zealand’s General Survey response to the International Labour Organization | 26 February | MBIE |
| BRIEFING-REQ-0028147 | Initial briefing for Select Committee on the Health and Safety at Work Amendment Bill | 27 February | MBIE |
| BRIEFING-REQ-0027809 | Title withheld: Confidential advice to Government | 27 February | MBIE |
| BRIEFING-REQ-0028251 | Meeting with NZCTU | 27 February | MBIE |
January 2026
| Tracking number | Title | Date sent to Minister | Author |
|---|---|---|---|
| BRIEFING-REQ-0020961 | Cover briefing for LEG paper - Health and Safety Amendment Bill | 9 January | MBIE |
| BRIEFING-REQ-0026096 | Title withheld: Confidential advice to Government | 14 January | MBIE |
| BRIEFING-REQ-0026063 | Title withheld: Confidential advice to Government | 14 January | MBIE |
| BRIEFING-REQ-0025444 | Workplace Relations and Safety weekly report - week ending 15 January 2026 | 15 January | MBIE |
| BRIEFING-REQ-0026165 | Title withheld: Confidential advice to Government | 20 January | MBIE |
| BRIEFING-REQ-0026167 | Workplace Relations and Safety weekly report - week ending 22 January 2026 | 22 January | MBIE |
| BRIEFING-REQ-0026120 | Cabinet Legislation Committee Paper for the Minimum Wage Order 2026 | 22 January | MBIE |
| BRIEFING-REQ-0026525 | Employment Relations Education course re-approval – January 2026 | 27 January | MBIE |
| BRIEFING-REQ-0026451 | Health and Safety at Work Amendment Bill – Authorisation for lodgement and agreement to seek further Cabinet decisions | 28 January | MBIE |
| BRIEFING-REQ-0026375 | Workplace Relations and Safety weekly report - week ending 29 January 2026 | 29 January | MBIE |
| BRIEFING-REQ-0026746 | Title withheld: Confidential advice to Government | 30 January | MBIE |
Previous years
In this section I tēnei wāhanga
Workplace Relations and Safety – 2025
Titles of documents the Minister for Workplace Relations and Safety received from MBIE in 2025.
Workplace Relations and Safety – 2024
Titles of documents the Minister for Workplace Relations and Safety received from MBIE in 2024.
Workplace Relations and Safety – 2023
Titles of documents the Minister for Workplace Relations and Safety received from MBIE in 2023.
Workplace Relations and Safety – 2022
Titles of documents the Minister for Workplace Relations and Safety received from MBIE in 2022.
Workplace Relations and Safety – 2021
Titles of documents the Minister for Workplace Relations and Safety received from MBIE in 2021.
Workplace Relations and Safety – 2020
Titles of documents the Minister for Workplace Relations and Safety received from MBIE in 2020.
Last updated: 20 March 2026