Improving participants’ understanding of their roles and responsibilities, addressing regulatory gaps and clarifying the role of producer statements, will help ensure risks are appropriately identified and managed, thereby ensuring work is done right first time.
The changes provide a process to raise and resolve pay equity claims through a better framework for assessing whether there is sex-based undervaluation.
In addition to using demographic information and data on job characteristics (occupation, industry, nationality, English conversation capability, highest qualification, gender, and number of jobs), the analysis in this report focuses on migrant employees’ responses to the following survey questions.
We are considering whether to expand the scope of the assurance requirements from the current obligation to assure GHG emissions disclosures only, to assurance over all disclosures in the climate statement.
The building consent system has long been faced with complaints of inefficient, inconsistent and ineffective decisions and processes. These typically involve frustrations with delays and inconsistencies and result in finger-pointing about poor-quality work and decision making.
We are proposing changes to attract and retain migrants with the medium- to long-term skills New Zealand needs. The changes are designed to align with the Immigration Rebalance and give more certainty to migrant workers and their families.