Changes to the Health and Safety at Work Act remove confusion over the respective roles of managers and directors.
Clarity over governance and management will improve health and safety outcomes Read More »
Reducing the legal onus on landowners or councils when outdoor activities take place on their land will boost business opportunities
Freeing the outdoors from health and safety creep will boost growth Read More »
Reducing unnecessary paperwork for small, low-risk businesses will allow them to focus on the critical risks that are capable of causing serious injury, death or illness in the workplace, says the EMA.
Reducing red tape for small businesses will ensure better health and safety compliance Read More »
The Employers and Manufacturers Association strongly supports the government’s direction of travel around the two new acts for reforming New Zealand’s resource management laws.
RMA reforms will help drive economic development Read More »
The Employers and Manufacturers Association (EMA) says the expansion of citizen’s arrest powers announced by the government today could significantly raise the health and safety risks faced by workers in the retail sector and seems unlikely to effectively reduce shoplifting.
New citizen arrest powers a dangerous escalation Read More »
It’s hard to think of a piece of legislation that has needed reform for as long as the Holidays Act.
Holidays Act reform – let’s get it done once and done right Read More »
The Employers and Manufacturers Association (EMA) is looking forward to working with the Government on a long overdue fix of the Holidays Act.
EMA welcomes commitment to fix broken Holidays Act Read More »
EMA and nib national workplace wellbeing survey shows declining mental and physical health, concerns about family wellbeing, as result of cost-of-living crisis
The Western Bay of Plenty Infrastructure Forum is encouraging Tauranga City Council Candidates to remain focused on the high value infrastructure investments the city needs to realise its growth potential.
Tauranga’s incoming elected members urged to keep up momentum Read More »
The announcement by the Government accelerating seven of its Roads of National Significance (RoNS) is a welcome boost for the infrastructure sector and the economy, says the EMA.
RoNS announcement a boon for infrastructure sector Read More »
