Smelter extension brings certainty to Tiwai workers and community – E tū
Source: Etu Union
Tiwai workers and the Southland community will now have time to plan a proper transition with the future of the Rio Tinto...
Business owner fined for obstructing WorkSafe inspector
Source: Worksafe New Zealand
13 January 2021
Business owners are today reminded they are required to work with WorkSafe inspectors carrying out site visits or they...
Lifewise strike: complaints about care quality, Methodist Church members concerned – E tū
Source: Etu Union
Lifewise homecare workers continue their action to win a fair collective agreement which protects quality care at the Auckland-based homecare provider, taking...
Puataunofo programme to celebrate fifteenth year in 2021
Source: Worksafe New Zealand
8 January 2021
A WorkSafe programme designed for Pacific workers and rooted in Pacific culture will celebrate its fifteenth year in 2021.
The...
E tū condemns arrests of Hong Kong democracy activists – E tū
Source: Etu Union
E tū has joined New Zealand’s Foreign Affairs Minister, global unions and others in condemning the arrest this week of over 50...
Canterbury liquor retailer and director to pay $125,000 for worker exploitation
Source: Employment New Zealand
The Employment Relations Authority ordered Nekita Enterprises Limited, a business that operated a number of bottle stores across Canterbury, to pay...
Breathing oxygen and enriched mixtures while diving
Source: Worksafe New Zealand
31 May 2020
This technical bulletin clarifies whether the use of oxygen enriched mixtures and elevated partial pressures of oxygen (PPO2) are...
Diving with underwater powered tools
Source: Worksafe New Zealand
31 May 2020
This technical bulletin clarifies whether the use of SSBA* or SCUBA* are suitable systems when using underwater powered tools.
What...
Use and maintenance of a diver’s hose in occupational diving
Source: Worksafe New Zealand
31 May 2020
This bulletin provides guidance about the maintenance and use of a diver’s hose during occupational diving operations.
What is a...
Papatoetoe bottle store to pay $46,000 for exploiting worker
Source: Employment New Zealand
A bottle store in Papatoetoe is the latest bottle store to be penalised and ordered to pay arrears for exploiting a...
Homecare strike: not so ‘Happy New Year’ for Lifewise homecare workers – E tū
Source: Etu Union
It’s not a very ‘Happy New Year’ for Lifewise homecare workers, who will go on strike for at least the next three...
Minimum sick leave entitlement proposed to increase from 2021
Source: Employment New Zealand
The Government has introduced the Holidays (Increasing Sick Leave) Amendment Bill to increase the minimum employee sick leave entitlement from 5...
