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It is demonstrably clear the silly season has started, Labour Minister Margaret Wilson said today in response to a claim by National that the new health and safety legislation effectively bans smoking.

Labour Minister Margaret Wilson is confident the Health and Safety in Employment Amendment is the best Christmas present many New Zealand families will ever get.

After three years of consultation and controversy the Health and Safety in Employment Amendment Bill was passed by Parliament in the dying hours of the Parliamentary year.

Low paid workers will receive a 6.25 per cent boost in income following changes to minimum wage rates announced today by Labour Minister Margaret Wilson.

Labour Minister Margaret Wilson announced today the Government will ratify the International Labour Organisation (ILO) Convention 98 on the Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining early next year.

The country’s volunteer fire brigades and fire fighters have nothing to fear from changes proposed under the Health and Safety in Employment Amendment Bill, Labour Minister Margaret Wilson said today.

The review of the Employment Relations Act will include consideration of how collective bargaining provisions can be strengthened and I am sure that the government will receive a number of proposals around this, Labour Minister Margaret Wilson said today.

Volunteers who work for an employer or self-employed person on an ongoing and regular basis, where that work is integral to the business, should have the same health and safety protections as paid employees, Labour Minister Margaret Wilson said today.

It is my pleasure to welcome you all here this afternoon and to formally open this your Annual General Meeting.

The key role the EEO Trust and its members play in the promotion of equal employment opportunities means that meetings like this are an ideal opportunity to consider both how far we have come in terms of promoting and implementing the principles of equal employment opportunity and how far we still have to go.

The government has set up an Inquiry into the management of hazardous substances in the workplace in line with its election commitment, Labour Minister Margaret Wilson announced today.

Acting Labour Minister Trevor Mallard said today that current proposals on the coverage of volunteers under the Health and Safety in Employment Amendment Bill have been clarified.

The recent evolution of New Zealand Labour Law

Mediation services are clearly one of the Employment Relations Act’s biggest achievements, Labour Minister Margaret Wilson said today at the launch of a best practice booklet on employment relations.

Labour Minister Margaret Wilson and Women’s Affairs Minister Ruth Dyson today announced two Public Sector appointments to the Board of the Equal Employment Opportunities Trust.

Twenty-one organisations including unions, employers and education providers have shared in a total of $2 million in the latest round of Employment Relations Education Funding, Labour Minister Margaret Wilson announced today.

There are 15 individual stories from widely different industries, with very different injuries or illnesses; they express, however, a collective burden

Research into the social and economic consequences of workplace injury and illness was released today by Labour Minister Margaret Wilson and ACC Minister Ruth Dyson.

The topic of pay equity is a subject close to my heart and I am delighted to have the opportunity to talk to you about it.

Consultation and public submissions have resulted in a "robust and practical" Health and Safety in Employment Amendment Bill being reported back to the House by the Transport and Industrial Relations Select Committee, Labour Minister Margaret Wilson said today.

Latest work stoppage figures released by Statistics New Zealand illustrate that the Employment Relations Act and its problem solving provisions are working well, Labour Minister Margaret Wilson said today.

Aucklanders Janet Scott and Marija Urlich along with Ken Raureti of Rotorua have been appointed to the Employment Relations Authority for three-year terms, Labour Minister Margaret Wilson announced today.

The APEC Second Ministerial Meeting on Women, which took place in Guadalajara Mexico at the weekend, took an important step towards integrating gender into APEC activities, Labour Minister Margaret Wilson said today.

Thank you for the invitation to talk to you today about the proposed changes to the country's workplace health and safety laws.

The Symposium comes at a time when the Government is amending the Health and Safety in Employment Act.