Law & Legal

Sound law-making is needed for NZ to attract investment and achieve economic growth, BusinessNZ says. Chief Economist John Pask presented BusinessNZ’s submission on the Regulatory Standards Bill to the  Finance and Expenditure Select Committee today. He said the Bill was an important step towards improving the quality of regulation and...

Better regulation endorsed BusinessNZ endorses new standards for regulation-making announced today. BusinessNZ Chief Executive Kirk Hope said the Government’s new Regulatory Management Strategy should help address some red tape issues for business. “BusinessNZ has consistently advocated for improvements in the way that laws and regulations are made. “Poor regulation and...

From April 1st, the Parental Leave and Employment Protection Act also provides for parental leave payment to be made even if the employee resigns their position....
BusinessNZ says the Holidays Act can be improved to reduce the confusion around holiday pay....
BusinessNZ says Parliament is missing another opportunity to fix the Resource Management Act....
BusinessNZ has expressed caution regarding today’s judgement in the Terranova pay equity case....
BusinessNZ has welcomed Labour’s focus on regional prosperity....