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Employment legislation reviews
- Increasing the minimum sick leave entitlement
- Workplace relations in the screen industry
- Forced Labour Protocol
- Holidays Act Review
- Extending paid parental leave
- Equal Pay Amendment Act
- Law change for Easter Sunday shop trading
- Employment Standards Legislation Act
- Proposed Accident Compensation Appeal Tribunal
- Accident compensation dispute resolution review
- Reviewing regulated ACC payments for treatment
- Employment Relations Amendment Act
- Minimum wage reviews
- Sex work in New Zealand
- Changes to the process for setting pay for Members of Parliament
- Security officers – additional employment protections
- Matariki
- Updating Accident Compensation Review Costs Regulations
- Queen Elizabeth II Memorial Day
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Consultation on ACC’s Accredited Employers Programme
- Background
- Proposal 1: Implement new health and safety assessment requirements
- Proposal 2: Strengthen the assessment of Claims and Injury Management
- Proposal 3: Performance Monitoring
- Proposal 4: New pricing options for the Partnership Discount Plan
- Preliminary Proposal 1: Require Full and Final Settlement for Full Self Cover
- Appendix 1 — Implementation
- Appendix 2 — Current State of AEP
- Appendix 3 — How consultation proposals reflect co-design processes and MBIE review findings
- Review framework for list of occupational diseases
Background
The Employment Relations (Film Production Work) Amendment Act 2010, commonly referred to as the ‘Hobbit law’, means film production workers are independent contractors, unless they are party to a written employment agreement that states they are employees.
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Establishment of the Film Industry Working Group
Minister's media release on establishment of Film Industry Working Group(external link)
Terms of Reference for the Film Industry Working Group [PDF, 164 KB]
Cabinet paper: Establishment of the Film Industry Working Group [PDF, 171 KB]
Cabinet minute: Establishment of the Film Industry Working Group [PDF, 120 KB]
Film Industry Working Group recommendations
Read the Film Industry Working Group's recommendations to the Government [PDF, 381 KB]
Read the Film Industry Working Group's media release [PDF, 205 KB]
Read the Minister's media release welcoming the report(external link).
Government's response to the Film Industry Working Group's recommendations
Read the Minister’s announcement on the Government’s decision(external link)
Approval to introduce Screen Industry Workers Bill
Read the Minister's announcement on the Bill's introduction(external link)
Cabinet paper: Screen Industry Workers Bill: Approval for introduction [PDF, 219 KB]
Cabinet minute: Screen Industry Workers Bill: Approval for introduction [PDF, 160 KB]