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

The Employment Relations Act 2000 will be amended to clarify contracting arrangements, simplify personal grievances, reduce complexity at the start of employment relationships and reintroduce the ability to make pay deductions in response to partial strikes.

The Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) is seeking feedback on a range of options to control the risks from engineered stone and other sources of exposure to respirable crystalline silica.

Tāmaki Makaurau local insights report for December 2023. You are welcome to quote from any report below – please attribute the Tāmaki Makaurau Regional Skills Leadership Group, an independent advisory group on regional skills and workforce development. ​

The Minister and Associate Minister for Workplace Relations and Safety are proactively releasing the titles of documents received from MBIE.

On 20 December 2023, the Fair Pay Agreements legislation was repealed.

The Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) provides advice on relevant international labour issues and assesses the impact of international developments on New Zealand's labour interests.

The Employment Strategy presents the Government’s vision for the labour market to improve employment outcomes for all New Zealanders.

MBIE, in conjunction with ACC, conducts a biennial review of the Cost of Treatment Regulations.

The Government has announced changes to the Equal Pay Act.