19 new initiatives to help workers and workplaces through COVID-19 recovery
Source: Employment New Zealand
Employment New Zealand has allocated a total of $2.38 million to 19 new initiatives through the COVID-19 Workers and Workplaces Assistance...
Executive share offers will further damage airline’s recovery, union says – E tū
Source: Etu Union
Aviation union members are “incensed” after hearing the news that a multi-million-dollar share offer has been given to Air New Zealand’s CEO,...
Thirsty Liquor Tokoroa loses alcohol license after employment law non-compliance
Source: Employment New Zealand
The South Waikato District Licensing Committee has declined an application for a liquor license renewal sought by Two Brothers Wholesale Limited,...
Putaruru woodlot fatality
Source: Worksafe New Zealand
15 April 2021
WorkSafe is now investigating an incident at a woodlot in Putaruru yesterday. We understand a person was injured on...
Health and safety paramount on forestry sites
Source: Worksafe New Zealand
19 July 2021
A tragic forestry fatality on the East Coast could have been avoided if industry guidance had simply been being...
Promoting inclusion and equality for all union members – E tū
Source: Etu Union
E tū and its Komiti Pasifika group is calling on all members and their communities to come together in the wake of...
Staring down the barrel of a senior doctor staffing crisis
Source: Association of Salaried Medical Specialists
It can take at least 13 years to train a hospital specialist and we are facing not only gaping...
All workers deserve the right to decent work – E tū
Source: Etu Union
E tū stands alongside unions around the globe on World Day for Decent Work and continues to advocate for the right of...
Auckland restaurant to pay nearly $50,000 for exploiting migrant worker
Source: Employment New Zealand
An Auckland restaurant and its owners have been ordered by the Employment Relations Authority (ERA) to pay nearly $50,000 in penalties...
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...
Health investment should be determined by need not number-crunching
Source: Association of Salaried Medical Specialists
The crisis which has been playing out at the Canterbury DHB is in many ways a cautionary tale and...
Grower to pay $50,000 in owed pay to workers
Source: Employment New Zealand
Canterbury horticulture employer Christopher Gray, trading as Motukarara Asparagus, has been ordered by the Employment Relations Authority (ERA) to repay nearly...
