The Minister for Social Development and Employment is proactively releasing the titles of documents received from MBIE.

The Minister for Workplace Relations and Safety Brooke van Velden has announced upcoming changes to the Employment Relations Act to provide greater certainty for contractors and businesses.

The Employment Relations Act 2000 will be amended to provide a gateway test that businesses can use when responding to a claim that a person is an employee and not a contractor

Work on modern slavery supply chain legislation in New Zealand is on hold while the Government focuses on its current Workplace Relations and Safety priorities. Decisions on whether to progress modern slavery supply chain legislation will be made in due course.

The Minister for Workplace Relations and Safety Brooke van Velden has made a progress announcement on fixing the Holidays Act 2003.

The Labour Inspectorate is reminding employers and employees of their rights and responsibilities leading up to the Easter period.

The Forced Labour Protocol 2014 is an international, legally-binding document that provides guidance on how to eliminate all forms of forced labour, punish offenders and protect victims, including ensuring they have access to remedies such as compensation.

The Government has announced its intention to progress legislation to extend the availability of 90-day trial periods to all employers.

The Minister for Workplace Relations and Safety announced today that from 1 July 2024, parental leave payments will increase.

Spring’s Junction Café and Motor Inn based in South Island, and its director, must pay $36,000 in penalties after breaching multiple minimum employment standards during the pandemic in 2020. The firm was penalised for similar offences in 2016.