BusinessNZ says a sharper focus on Approved Codes of Practice will make health and safety management stronger and simpler. Approved Codes of Practice will become more important under coming changes to health and safety legislation, and complying with a Code will be sufficient for a workplace to be deemed to...
BusinessNZ supports coming changes to employment law to remove unnecessary regulations on employing new staff. Currently businesses must sign up new staff to a collective agreement’s terms for their first 30 days in the job, regardless of whether they want to be in a union or not, and only after...
Proposed law changes will bring clarity to the health and safety responsibilities of directors and managers, BusinessNZ says. Changes announced today indicate that the routine management of health and safety in the workplace will in future rest solely with managers, not directors. BusinessNZ Chief Executive Katherine Rich says this clarity...
Further changes to Health and Safety laws should see more Kiwis keen to explore their own backyard and unlock further economic gains in the great outdoors. BusinessNZ Chief Executive Katherine Rich says clearer expectations around health and safety responsibilities for landowners will make it easier to say ‘yes’ to recreation....
Health and safety law reforms announced today will make it simpler for small businesses to keep their workplace safe and people healthy, says BusinessNZ. Chief Executive Katherine Rich says the costs of compliance for small, low-risk businesses often overshadowed best intentions. “Everyone deserves to expect a safe working environment –...
As councils consider their spending and rates decisions for the coming year and as October’s local authority elections draw closer, business groups are calling for greater transparency on how councillors vote. “It is time for councils to make it easier to show how their elected members vote at each meeting...
BusinessNZ welcomes the Government’s commitment to reforming resource management laws, based on the principle of the enjoyment of property rights. “The latest announcement on phase 3 reforms is another step in the right direction,” BusinessNZ Chief Executive Katherine Rich said. “Current consenting processes are slow and costly, and projects can...
Advocacy by BusinessNZ is helping boost the economy. Planned changes to procurement rules will be fairer to Kiwi firms and will grow the domestic economy, the outcome of outstanding advocacy by BusinessNZ’s Catherine Beard. Changes to investment tax rules for new migrants are also good news and follow BusinessNZ’s strong...
Changes to Foreign Investment Fund (FIF) rules will help keep investment and international talent in New Zealand, and attract more. BusinessNZ Chief Executive Katherine Rich says the existing rules have been a major barrier for foreign investors. “FIF rules have seen high net worth individuals incentivised to leave the country after...
BusinessNZ says a recent amendment to the Crimes Act is likely to cause problems for employers. The amendment makes it a criminal offence for an employer to intentionally not pay wages and entitlements to their employee. Non-payment of wages and entitlements is already an offence under the Employment Relations Act....