Health and Safety News Round-up
Summations and links to recent health and safety cases. Solidarity to the whānau and friends of the victims. Forestry private prosecution: employer continues blames worker… Read More »Health and Safety News Round-up
Health & Safety
Action still required to eliminate the harm caused by engineered stone
More needs to be done to protect people who work with engineered stone. Workers in these industries are being exposed to highly hazardous silica dust… Read More »Action still required to eliminate the harm caused by engineered stone
Onya, Australia – time for New Zealand to do more to protect workers
Another Australian jurisdiction has just made moves to make industrial manslaughter a criminal offense. And it’s time New Zealand follows suit. South Australia has recently… Read More »Onya, Australia – time for New Zealand to do more to protect workers
Unions gather to remember people killed at work
Today, unions across the country gathered to remember people who were killed or injured at work. The New Zealand Council of Trade Unions held a… Read More »Unions gather to remember people killed at work
Not One More FAQs
At its core, the need for a Corporate Manslaughter Law in New Zealand is about valuing human life and ensuring that workers are safe. Every… Read More »Not One More FAQs
What is corporate manslaughter?
What would a corporate manslaughter law look like? It is important that corporate manslaughter laws are effective and workable at deterring and holding to account… Read More »What is corporate manslaughter?
New Zealand’s shameful record
A lack of corporate accountability On 19 November 2010, 29 men went to work and never came home. At 3.44pm, Pike River mine exploded, cutting… Read More »New Zealand’s shameful record
Health and Safety at Work (Health and Safety Representatives and Committees) Amendment Bill
The proposed amendment to the Health and Safety at Work Act remedies a longstanding omission where workers in small businesses did not have the same… Read More »Health and Safety at Work (Health and Safety Representatives and Committees) Amendment Bill
Accredited Employers Programme Consultation
This submission made on the ACC’s Accredited Employer Programme (AEP) argues that the proposed changes are not enough to overcome the issues arising from the… Read More »Accredited Employers Programme Consultation
Accident Compensation (Access Reporting and Other Matters) Amendment Bill
The NZCTU supports the underlying kaupapa of the Bill to improve access for injured persons to the accident compensation scheme, to increase transparency on the… Read More »Accident Compensation (Access Reporting and Other Matters) Amendment Bill
Too many Kiwi workers financially vulnerable as Omicron looms – annual workforce survey
With New Zealand on the precipice of an Omicron outbreak and the economic upheaval that comes with it, the CTU’s annual Mood of the Workforce… Read More »Too many Kiwi workers financially vulnerable as Omicron looms – annual workforce survey
Serious concerns about high-risk workers being forced back onsite – CTU
Reports of employers requiring immunocompromised workers to return to work in Auckland are highly concerning, and risk putting workers’ health in danger and undermining New… Read More »Serious concerns about high-risk workers being forced back onsite – CTU