The Health and Safety at Work Act 2015 is now nearly 10 years old. It’s timely to assess how well the work health and safety system is working.

We want to start a conversation about New Zealand’s work health and safety regulatory system, particularly how you think it’s working now and what you think should change.

In May 2021 changes were proposed to the regulations that sit under the Health and Safety at Work Act 2015.

Tell us about your experiences with New Zealand’s work health and safety regulatory system.

A substantial consultation on work health and safety is now open.

Information on the consultation for plant, structures and working at heights regulations.

This page provides links to our consultations relating to health and safety.

This page describes the regulatory system for health and safety at work, its objectives and our qualitative assessment of it. It also lists the main statutes and regulatory proposals either planned or in progress.

The Government has listened to feedback and has made a change to the size of dams impacted by the regulations, to reduce the number of dams that need to comply.

The Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) has released its report into the proactive assessment of multi-storey boarding houses.