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Labour Minister Trevor Mallard today released a report summarising public feedback on the discussion paper Improving health and safety hazard management in the underground mining industry.

Labour Minister Trevor Mallard announced today the government is changing the definition of 'serious harm' under the Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992.

Options for a statutory minimum for redundancy compensation and notice will go out for public consultation next year, Labour Minister Trevor Mallard announced today.

New research has found that more than 60 per cent of employers offer their workers flexible working hours and say it has a positive effect, Labour Minister Trevor Mallard said today.

Shift workers and their employers will benefit from a change made to the Holidays Act that will allow the transfer of public holidays, Labour Minister Trevor Mallard said.

Labour and Environment Minister Trevor Mallard said the Department of Labour and the Environmental Risk Management Authority (ERMA) are working through the recommendations and findings of the Fire

Employment protections for temporary and casual workers are to be strengthened under proposed amendments to the Employment Relations Act introduced to parliament by Labour Minister Trevor Mallard.<

The government has today introduced legislation to Parliament to ensure employers meet their obligations to pay contributions to their employees’ KiwiSaver accounts, Labour Minister Trevor Ma

An online tool to help small business improve workplace safety and save on ACC costs was launched by Labour Minister Trevor Mallard today.

Further improving productivity in the state sector is the focus of a new productivity kit launched by Labour Minister Trevor Mallard today at the P3 Productivity Partnership and Public Value Confer

The government is going to amend the Employment Relations Act to ensure employers meet their obligations to pay contributions to their employee's KiwiSaver accounts, Labour Minister Trevor Mallard

Parents are set to get more support when parental leave payments go up tomorrow, Labour Minister Trevor Mallard said today.

Labour Minister Trevor Mallard today reminded workers of their new entitlements to flexible working arrangements - available from 1 July - for those who need to balance their work with caring for o

Labour Minister Trevor Mallard today welcomed the opening of the Centre for High Performance Work as an important initiative to help boost workplace productivity through collaboration between worke

Employment protections for temporary and casual workers are to be strengthened under proposed changes to the Employment Relations Act, Labour Minister Trevor Mallard announced today.

Support for families with new babies is increasing with changes to parental leave payments, Labour Minister Trevor Mallard announced today.

Shift workers and their employers will benefit from a bill going through parliament that will allow the transfer of public holidays, Labour Minister Trevor Mallard said.

Report to the Minister of Labour by the Department of Labour into employment of chinese Shanghai-based staff by Air New Zealand.

Labour Minister Trevor Mallard said today that he was very unhappy with reports that some employers are attempting to pay those in KiwiSaver less than the people working alongside them who are not

Environment Minister Trevor Mallard today announced nearly $100,000 of funding for Environment Canterbury and $24,000 for Environment Waikato to develop procedures for dealing with applications for

The New Zealand Workplace Health & Safety awards winners and finalists announced last night are great role models for all organisations, showing how investment in health and safety makes good b

New legislation that will enshrine into law workers' rights to rest and meal breaks and infant feeding breaks was debated at parliament for the first time today. 

Improving health and safety in the underground mining industry is the aim of a discussion document released today by Labour Minister Trevor Mallard and West Coast Tasman MP Damien O'Connor during a

Labour Minister Trevor Mallard today urged all employers to make sure they start paying their youth workers the new adult minimum rate of $