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The Government is taking action to build an inclusive economy where more of us receive our fair share at work and businesses can compete on great products and services, not undercutting wages and conditions, Immigration and Workplace Relations and Safety Minister Iain Lees-Galloway says.

  • Hon Iain Lees-Galloway
  • Workplace Relations and Safety

As part of its work to ensure businesses can get the skilled workers they need, the Coalition Government is re-opening and re-setting the Parent Category visa programme, Immigration Minister Iain Lees-Galloway says.

  • Hon Iain Lees-Galloway
  • Immigration

New Zealand playing its part in Asia-Pacific and globally are behind changes announced today to the Coalition Government’s three year refugee quota policy, Immigration Minister Iain

  • Hon Iain Lees-Galloway
  • Immigration

Creating thriving regions and inclusive local communities is the aim of the Welcoming Communities programme being rolled out across the country, says Immigration Minister Iain Lees-G

  • Hon Iain Lees-Galloway
  • Immigration

This Coalition Government is making good progress in helping our regions to thrive by increasing the numbers of workers who can come to New Zealand to provide seasonal support and pr

  • Hon Iain Lees-Galloway
  • Immigration

The Government is making progress on building an inclusive, sustainable and productive economy by helping regions and businesses get the workers they need with a new temporary work visa process, announced today by Minister of Immigration Iain Lees-Galloway.

  • Hon Iain Lees-Galloway
  • Immigration

A new Navigation Service offers free, independent advice and advocacy for people making ACC claims.

  • Hon Iain Lees-Galloway
  • Workplace Relations and Safety

This Government is ensuring that excessive MPs’ pay increases are stopped and a fairer system is used in future, Workplace Relations and Safety Minister Iain Lees-Galloway says.

  • Hon Iain Lees-Galloway
  • Workplace Relations and Safety

The government takes another step to improve border security today.

  • Hon Iain Lees-Galloway
  • Immigration

A new Chief of the Employment Relations Authority, a new member and the re-appointment of two members are announced by Workplace Relations and Safety Minister Iain Lees-Galloway today.

  • Hon Iain Lees-Galloway
  • Workplace Relations and Safety

Five organisations are being awarded grants for innovative projects that help reduce injuries in the workplace, and help us to make progress in protecting the wellbeing of working New Zealanders says ACC Minister Iain Lees-Galloway.

  • Hon Iain Lees-Galloway
  • Workplace Relations and Safety

We’re investing in the wellbeing of working New Zealanders by supporting the modernisation of WorkSafe and improving its ability to help businesses and workers to stay safe, Workplace Relations and Safety Minister Iain Lees-Gallo

  • Hon Iain Lees-Galloway
  • Workplace Relations and Safety

Progress is continuing on protecting workers from harm and supporting businesses to manage the risks, Workplace Relations and Safety Minister Iain Lees-Galloway says.

  • Hon Iain Lees-Galloway
  • Workplace Relations and Safety

The 2019 HASANZ Scholarship Programme, which opens today, aims to build the capability and capacity of New Zealand’s health and safety workforce, says Minister for Workplace Relations and Safety, Iain Lees-Galloway.

  • Hon Iain Lees-Galloway
  • Workplace Relations and Safety

We’re improving the wellbeing of New Zealanders and their families with a lift in maximum weekly rate of paid parental leave payments from Monday 1 July, Workplace Relations and Safety Minister Iain Lees-Galloway announces today.

  • Hon Iain Lees-Galloway
  • Workplace Relations and Safety

New Zealand has announced we will be ratifying the International Labour Organisation’s (ILO) Protocol on Forced Labour, and supporting work by the ILO to end violence and harassment at work, at the organisation’s 100th anniversary conference in Geneva.

  • Hon Iain Lees-Galloway
  • Workplace Relations and Safety

Today, on World Refugee Day, we take time to recognise the contribution refugees make to New Zealand, and thank those people, groups and agencies that support our former refugee communities, says Minister of Immigration Iain Lees-Galloway.

  • Hon Iain Lees-Galloway
  • Immigration

Workplace Relations and Safety Minister Iain Lees-Galloway will be travelling to Geneva, Switzerland next week to represent the New Zealand Government at this year’s International Labour Conference.

  • Hon Iain Lees-Galloway
  • Workplace Relations and Safety

The Government is taking another step to build an inclusive and productive economy by restoring collective bargaining rights for screen sector workers and adopting the model unanimously put forward by the Film Industry Working Group, says Workplace Relations and Safety Minister Iain Lees-Galloway.

  • Hon Iain Lees-Galloway
  • Workplace Relations and Safety

Workplace Relations and Safety Minister Iain Lees-Galloway today announced two new appointments and two re-appointments to Board of WorkSafe New Zealand.

  • Hon Iain Lees-Galloway
  • Workplace Relations and Safety

Parliament has today passed legislation enabling the collection of the International Visitor Conservation and Tourism Levy (IVL) from 1 July 2019. It will also enable digital processing of the New Zealand Electronic Travel Authority (NZeTA), which will be mandatory from 1 October this year.

  • Hon Kelvin Davis
  • Hon Iain Lees-Galloway
  • Hon Eugenie Sage
  • Conservation
  • Immigration
  • Tourism

Women who aren’t paid the same as men for similar jobs will be given the tools to make a pay equity claim as the Wellbeing Budget delivers a practical solution to gender discrimination in the workplace.

  • Hon Iain Lees-Galloway
  • Hon Julie Anne Genter
  • Workplace Relations and Safety

Skills shortages lists are now more regionalised so we can build thriving and sustainable regions, says Immigration Minister Iain Lees-Galloway who announces the new lists today.

  • Hon Iain Lees-Galloway
  • Immigration

Employment law changes coming into effect today will restore protections for working New Zealanders, strengthen the role of collective bargaining, and promote fair wages and conditions, says Workplace Relations and Safety Minister Iain Lees-Galloway.

  • Hon Iain Lees-Galloway
  • Workplace Relations and Safety