Experience rating relates to moderate-to-serious injuries - those which require less than a week off work do not count - which are harder to attribute to a different cause or location. Any sudden and…
From next month the Department of Labour will be visiting farms across the country to make sure farmers and their workers are using quad bikes safely. Where inspectors find people working with quad bikes…
Fuel-powered forklifts using LPG, petrol or diesel emit hazardous carbon monoxide which can quickly build up in a confined space where there is little or no ventilation. Carbon monoxide cannot…
The fine of $22,000 imposed on a mobile crane company in March 2011 for failing to prevent a crane from toppling over and highlights the importance of this workplace safety issue. Thankfully, nobody was…
The Government has increased the minimum wage from $12.75 to $13, Minister of Labour Kate Wilkinson announced today. The training and new entrants' minimum wages will increase from $10.20 to $10.40.…
