Minister's foreword
All workers and their families deserve to have confidence that they will return home safe from work, including those in the engineered stone industry and sectors working with materials that contain crystalline silica.
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Consultation opens on working with engineered stone
There are health risks faced by people working with engineered stone and the Minister for Workplace Relations and Safety Minister Brooke van Velden is seeking feedback on options that would eliminate or reduce these risks.
Fair Pay Agreements legislation
On 20 December 2023, the Fair Pay Agreements legislation was repealed.
Our international labour relations
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.
Employment Strategy 2019
The Employment Strategy presents the Government’s vision for the labour market to improve employment outcomes for all New Zealanders.
Setting the average ACC levy rates for 2025/26, 2026/27, and 2027/28
ACC levies are set every 3 years. In any given year, levies are intended to be equivalent to the lifetime cost of rehabilitating those who are injured in that year. This excludes the cost of claims made by non-earners (which are government funded) and investment returns.
Reviewing regulated ACC payments for treatment
MBIE, in conjunction with ACC, conducts a biennial review of the Cost of Treatment Regulations.
Equal Pay Amendment Act
The Government has announced changes to the Equal Pay Act.
Amendments to the Equal Pay Act 1972
The changes provide a process to raise and resolve pay equity claims through a better framework for assessing whether there is sex-based undervaluation.
Pay deductions for partial strikes to be reintroduced
Workplace Relations and Safety Minister Brooke van Velden has announced that a change to collective bargaining will be made in the Employment Relations Act 2000.