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The Prime Minister has announced that the adult minimum wage will be rising to $22.70 per hour from 1 April 2023.

Applications are now open for the $4,000 fog cannon subsidy for small retail businesses that want a fog cannon installed.

Kahn David Ratcliffe, an unregistered motor vehicle trader, was convicted last week for breaching the Motor Vehicle Sales Act 2003 (MVSA).

Improved working conditions for workers in the screen industry is now a reality with the Screen Industry Workers Act passing into law.

New guidance published by the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) today advises most seismically vulnerable buildings are not imminently dangerous and can remain occupied while seismic remediation work is planned, funded and undertaken.

The Minister for Workplace Relations and Safety announced today that parental leave payments will increase by 6.33% from Friday, 1 July 2022, to reflect the 6.33% rise in the average weekly earnings.

The Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment has recently released the National Survey of Employment Intentions (NSEI). This reports on changes in workforce size and composition, and workplace arrangements between March 2020 and 6 and 12 months later.

The Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) is asking for feedback on draft changes to the Credit Contracts and Consumer Finance Act (CCCFA) regulations and the Responsible Lending Code.

MBIE is consulting on options for updating the Review Costs Regulations, which outline the costs payable to ACC claimants who seek a review of an ACC decision.

Minister for Social Development and Employment Carmel Sepuloni and Minister for Māori Development Willie Jackson have today launched te Mahere Whai Mahi Māori - the Māori Employment Action Plan.