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Photographs of the miners trapped underground at the Pike River coal mine will be made available by families who choose to do so for police to publicly release. This may not happen until later today.
A Lower Hutt company has been fined $24,000 and ordered to pay reparation of $8,000 after a worker was seriously injured because the machine he was working on wasn’t adequately guarded.
The Government stands ready to offer whatever assistance it can as events unfold at Pike River mine on the West Coast, says the Minister of Energy and Resources, Gerry Brownlee.
The Department of Labour’s My First Job website is designed for students who may be thinking about work or may have just started working.
The Immigration service of the Department of Labour has begun a campaign to make people more aware of potential people trafficking, with brochures in various languages and a website identifying possible indicators of trafficking and urging people to report it.
Tax changes on October 1, 2010 will boost real wages. Personal income tax rates will be cut, bank saving resident withholding tax rate will drop, the top tax rate on savings in PIE investments will drop and GST will increase.
The Jobs Online monthly report for august 2010 shows a continued growth in the total number of job vacancies advertised online.
A wage subsidy is being made available to support employees of small businesses seriously disrupted by the earthquake in Canterbury.
The NZ Defence Force, a number of group training organisations and Industry Training Organisations have created the Kiwi Co-Host Scheme which will provide a safety-net to apprentices by encouraging them to join the Reserve Forces – a new initiative flowing from the Prime Minister’s Job Summit.
How many of your employees start their days struggling to get out of bed with this statement “I Hate My Job”?
Department of Labour’s (DOL) new Skills Highway website has been developed closely with a range of companies and business groups.
My First Job website has been launched to help young employees understand their rights and responsibilites.
The Department of Labour has released a Code of Employment Practice on Infant Feeding in the Workplace.
Department of Labour states that employers are legally required to ensure that employees who use all terrain vehicles (ATV’s) are well trained in their use. P.A. and S.C. Steens Ltd has been fined after it was found their employee who died in an ATV accident was not experienced, and had not been wearing a helmet.
The Department of Labour (DOL) is reminding employers of their responsibilities under the Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992, following the sentencing of James Hardie NZ Ltd.
The winners of the EEO Trust Work & Life Awards 2009 were announced on 29 October 2009. NZSki, Downer EDI Works, BDO Spicers Taranaki and Manukau City Council are among the winners.