Employability skills framework welcomed Employabilityskills framework welcomed BusinessNZhas welcomed the launch of the Employability Skills Framework, to help ensure youngpeople gain employability skills. Theframework lists the workplace skills needed for all entry-level jobs (separatefrom the technical skills needed for a specific job). Employabilityskills include literacy, numeracy, using technology, a driver’s...
Save the TPPA – exporters Save the TPP – exporters New Zealand exporters want to see every effort made to save the TPPA, says ExportNZ. The New Zealand Trade Minister today said he would investigate with the 10 other TPPA partners the options for continuing to bring the deal to...
NZ ‘least corrupt’ in 2016 NZ’least corrupt’ in 2016 New Zealandand Denmark lead the world in freedom from corruption according to a survey by TransparencyInternational. The surveyis based on ratings by the World Bank, World Economic Forum and otherinstitutions. NewZealand’s first equal placing recognises factors such as absence of...
Worker exploitation condemned BusinessNZ has endorsed the sentence handed down today to the first person convicted of human trafficking in New Zealand. In the Auckland High Court today Faroz Ali received a nine-year jail sentence for underpaying and mistreating Fijian workers who had been lured to New Zealand with false...
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