In 2019, the previous Government decided to introduce a licensing system for work on commercial or industrial refrigeration, heat pump and air conditioning systems that use hazardous natural refrigerants.
Following the 2023 North Island severe weather events MBIE commissioned a review of how the rapid building assessment system worked during the response to assess how well it functioned and identify any areas for improvement.
Improving participants’ understanding of their roles and responsibilities, addressing regulatory gaps and clarifying the role of producer statements, will help ensure risks are appropriately identified and managed, thereby ensuring work is done right first time.
The last remaining MIQ facility in Rotorua is to be used to support the community during the current Omicron outbreak. The Sudima Rotorua Managed Isolation Facility will be available to support community cases from Tuesday 22 March 2022 until the end of May.
The Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment has appointed 2 new Departmental Science Advisors to provide scientific leadership and sector expertise alongside current MBIE Departmental Science Advisor Professor David Hutchison and Chief Science Advisor Dr Gill Jolly.
We are considering whether to expand the scope of the assurance requirements from the current obligation to assure GHG emissions disclosures only, to assurance over all disclosures in the climate statement.
The changes provide a process to raise and resolve pay equity claims through a better framework for assessing whether there is sex-based undervaluation.
In addition to using demographic information and data on job characteristics (occupation, industry, nationality, English conversation capability, highest qualification, gender, and number of jobs), the analysis in this report focuses on migrant employees’ responses to the following survey questions.
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