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The Government is extending the border exception criteria to enable some offshore victims and support people of the Christchurch mosque attacks to attend the sentencing of the accused beginning on 24 August 2020, says Immigration Minister Iain Lees-Galloway.

  • Hon Iain Lees-Galloway
  • Immigration

Recognised Seasonal Employers and migrant seasonal workers stranded in New Zealand will be able to continue working and supporting themselves with more flexible hours and roles, says Immigration Minister Iain Lees-Galloway.

  • Hon Iain Lees-Galloway
  • Immigration

The Government is making immediate short-term changes to visa settings to support temporary migrants already onshore in New Zealand and their employers, while also ensuring New Zealanders needing work are prioritised, Immigration Minister Iain Lees-Galloway says.

  • Hon Iain Lees-Galloway
  • Immigration

The Government is maintaining current levy rates for the next 2 years, as part of a set of changes to help ease the financial pressures of COVID-19 providing certainty for businesses and New Zealanders, ACC Minister Iain Lees-Galloway says.

  • Hon Iain Lees-Galloway
  • ACC

The Government’s increase to paid parental leave kicks in today with another 4 weeks taking New Zealand up to a full 6 months (26 weeks, up from 22 weeks) leave for new parents, and the maximum weekly payment will increase by $20pw, Workplace Relations and Safety Minister Iain Lees-Galloway says.

  • Hon Iain Lees-Galloway
  • Workplace Relations and Safety

Protections for workers who are employees of one employer but working under the direction of another business or organisation have come into force, closing a gap in legislation that made the personal grievance process inaccessible for some workers, says Workplace Relations Minister Iain Lees-Galloway.

  • Hon Iain Lees-Galloway
  • Immigration

ACC’s Non-Earners’ Account gets a boost both for now and for the future with recent shift to ensure it keeps up with demand, ACC Minister Iain Lees-Galloway says.

  • Hon Iain Lees-Galloway
  • ACC

The Government is supporting fair and safe workplaces as more and more New Zealanders get back to work in Level 1.

  • Hon Iain Lees-Galloway
  • Workplace Relations and Safety

The Government is proud to play our part in international humanitarian work to provide support and protection to refugees, and celebrate the contributions our refugee community makes on World Refugee Day today says Minister of Immigration Iain Lees-Galloway.

  • Hon Iain Lees-Galloway
  • Immigration

Today the Government is taking the next steps to safely help reunite New Zealand families, and support economic recovery without increasing the risk of COVID-19, say Economic Development Minister Phil Twyford and Immigration Minister Iain Lees-Galloway.

  • Hon Phil Twyford
  • Hon Iain Lees-Galloway
  • Economic Development
  • Immigration

Parliament has today passed legislation to ensure that the Government can respond quickly, appropriately and efficiently to immigration issues arising from the COVID-19 outbreak.

  • Hon Iain Lees-Galloway
  • Immigration

A Bill to temporarily amend immigration legislation to support the quick and efficient management of visa changes during COVID-19 is being introduced to Parliament tomorrow.

  • Hon Iain Lees-Galloway
  • Immigration

Workers at higher risk from COVID-19 are being supported through an expansion of the COVID-19 leave support scheme ahead of the move to Alert Level 3, say Workplace Relations and Safety Minister Iain Lees-Galloway and Social Development Minister Carmel Sepuloni.

  • Hon Carmel Sepuloni
  • Hon Iain Lees-Galloway
  • Social Development
  • Workplace Relations and Safety

Essential workers who take leave from work to comply with public health guidance are being supported with a leave scheme to ensure they will continue to receive income, say the Minister of Workplace Relations and Safety Iain Lees-Galloway and Minister for Social Development, Carmel Sepuloni.

  • Hon Carmel Sepuloni
  • Hon Iain Lees-Galloway
  • Social Development
  • Workplace Relations and Safety

The Government is ensuring supermarkets can open on Easter Sunday so we can buy groceries, but stay closed on Good Friday allowing workers to take a break.

  • Hon Iain Lees-Galloway
  • Workplace Relations and Safety

Travel restrictions, closing our border to almost all travelers came into force from 23:59 on Thursday 19 March 2020 (NZDT).

  • Hon Iain Lees-Galloway
  • Immigration

All New Zealanders need to have their voices heard at work to ensure we have an inclusive and productive economy.

  • Hon Iain Lees-Galloway
  • Workplace Relations and Safety

“As we enter the new decade, my thoughts are with the families, friends and communities of the 353 people who lost their lives in road crashes last year.

  • Hon Iain Lees-Galloway
  • Hon Julie Anne Genter
  • Transport

The Government is making sure we share the prosperity of our strong economy fairly with those on the minimum wage by lifting it to $18.90 per hour on 1 April 2020 – the next step in the Government’s plan for a $20 minimum wage by 2021, Workplace Relations and Safety Minister Iain Lees-Galloway says.

  • Hon Iain Lees-Galloway
  • Workplace Relations and Safety

New Zealand has ratified the International Labour Organization’s (ILO) Protocol to the Forced Labour Convention, reinforcing our strong commitment to ending forced labour and other forms of modern slavery, Workplace Relations and

  • Hon Iain Lees-Galloway
  • Immigration
  • Workplace Relations and Safety

The government is taking another step to ensure our economy is inclusive, and works for all New Zealanders. We are seeking feedback on options to better protect workers in vulnerable contracting situations, Workplace Relations and Safety Minister Iain Lees-Galloway says.

  • Hon Iain Lees-Galloway
  • Workplace Relations and Safety

Thank you for inviting me to speak tonight.

  • Hon Iain Lees-Galloway
  • Immigration

We’ve improved border security with the NZeTA, New Zealand Electronic Travel Authority, which helps us to screen travellers for border and immigration risks off-shore before they travel to New Zealand. It was launched in August and became mandatory on 1 October 2019.

  • Hon Iain Lees-Galloway
  • Immigration

The Government has fixed an issue affecting how Immigration New Zealand has processed visa applications for culturally arranged marriages, which will now see a consistent process applied which ensures people with legitimate arranged marriages can visit New Zealand while also preventing any rorting of the system.

  • Hon Iain Lees-Galloway
  • Immigration