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The Health and Safety at Work Act 2015 is the principal piece of legislation defining the statutory obligations of New Zealand business in relation to the safety and welfare of their employees. It shifts the focus from previous legislation which was principally about monitoring and recording incidents related to health and safety to a system ...
The regulations set out controls on the use and management of a wide range of general and specific substances, how they may be used and stored and the penalties for failing to comply general requirements imposed on employers to protect employees and other persons from the hazards of substances used at work by risk assessment, control of ...
WorkSafe New Zealand was established in December 2013 after the Work Safe New Zealand Act was passed a month prior, as part of the Health and Safety (Pike River Implementation) Bill. The bill was made after a recommendation by a Royal Commission of Inquiry into the 2010 Pike River Mine disaster , which resulted in 29 deaths.
[138] [139] The main statutory legislation on health and safety in the jurisdiction of the Department of Employment and Labour is the OHS Act or OHSA (Act No. 85 of 1993: Occupational Health and Safety Act, as amended by the Occupational Health and Safety Amendment Act, No. 181 of 1993). [138] Regulations implementing the OHS Act include: [140]
Hawke's Bay Regional Planning Committee Act 2015; Health and Safety at Work Act 2015; Land Transport (Speed Limits Validation and Other Matters) Act 2015; New Zealand Flag Referendums Act 2015; Ngāi Takoto Claims Settlement Act 2015; Ngāti Kahu Accumulated Rentals Trust Act 2015; Ngāti Kuri Claims Settlement Act 2015
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Health and Safety at Work Act 2015: This Act requires employers and employees to take steps to maintain a safe work place; Holidays Act 1981: This Act sets out minimum entitlements and requirements with regards to annual holidays, public holidays and special leave;
The Minister for Workplace Relations and Safety is a minister in the New Zealand Government. The minister has responsibility for WorkSafe New Zealand and acts as chair of the Industrial Relations Foundation. It was preceded by the Minister of Labour. The current minister is Brooke van Velden. [2]