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Media releases 2011

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24 Dec 2011 250 organisations pledge to improve health and safety in 2011
[health and safety]
22 Dec 2011 Administrative call for parties charged over Pike River explosion
[health and safety]
21 Dec 2011 Auckland man on 91 immigration-related charges
[immigration]
21 Dec 2011 Christmas safety reminder for adventure tourism operators
[health and safety]
21 Dec 2011 Report highlights expanding job market in canterbury
[labour market]
19 Dec 2011 Power companies fined after workers suffer preventable burns
[health and safety]
19 Dec 2011 High Hazards Unit Recruitment Completed
[health and safety]
18 Dec 2011 Christmas break ideal time for employers to check machinery is adequately guarded
[health and safety]
16 Dec 2011 Construction falls from height are preventable
[health and safety]
16 Dec 2011 Action plan released to reduce illness and injury at work
[health and safety]
15 Dec 2011 Immigration fraudsters may be deported
[immigration]
15 Dec 2011 Quad bike checks result in almost 200 enforcement notices
[health and safety]
14 Dec 2011 Draft plan aims to reduce high work toll in agriculture
[health and safety]
14 Dec 2011 Online skilled job vacancies grow again after two month fall
[labour market]
13 Dec 2011 Company fined for failing to keep employee and community safe
[health and safety]
13 Dec 2011 Testing of lipsticks and hair dyes
[health and safety]
6 Dec 2011 Feedback sought on plan to reduce manufacturing work toll
[heath and safety]
5 Dec 2011 Essential Skills in Demand Lists latest review
[immigration]
2 Dec 2011 Zion Wildlife Park Companies Convicted for Death of Animal Handler
[heath and safety]
1 Dec 2011 Charges Laid Following Workplace Fatality in Makara
[heath and safety]
1 Dec 2011 High Hazards Unit Meets Solid Energy on Methane Spike
[heath and safety]
1 Dec 2011 Migration Trends July-September 2011
[labour market]
30 Nov 2011 Department of Labour – Response on Huntly East Mine
[heath and safety]
28 Nov 2011 Employers urged to plan for Christmas holiday period
[employment relations]
25 Nov 2011 Charges laid following fatal gas explosion in Onehunga
[heath and safety]
24 Nov 2011 Employee injured when pinned under roller
[heath and safety]
16 Nov 2011 Lead employment indicator expects moderate growth but online job vacancies continue to fall in October
[labour market]
11 Nov 2011 Pike River - Parties charged named
[health and safety]
10 Nov 2011 Pike River charges laid
[health and safety]
9 Nov 2011 Farmers responding to quad bike safety campaign
[health and safety]
2 Nov 2011 Department of Labour tackles demolition dust in Canterbury
[health and safety]
1 Nov 2011 Notification system ready for adventure tourism operators
[health and safety]
26 Oct 2011 Feedback sought on plan to reduce illness and injury at work
[health and safety]
19 Oct 2011 Employee killed in preventable 15 metre fall
[health and safety]
18 Oct 2011 Fall in online job vacancies in September
[labour market]
7 Oct 2011 Employee severely injured and in coma after six metre fall
[health and safety]
6 Oct 2011 Roofing company fined after employee falls more than 5 metres
[health and safety]
4 Oct 2011 Employee severely injured after being hit by 400kg steel beam
[health and safety]
30 Sept 2011 Indians sentenced for immigration fraud
[immigration]
28 Sept 2011 Growth in skilled job vacancies indicate gradual improvement
[labour market]
27 Sept 2011 Poultry producer fined after employee loses part of finger
[health and safety]
19 Sept 2011 Resignation of the Chief Executive and Secretary of Labour
[department of labour]
16 Sept 2011 Immigration welcomes sentencing of passport fraudster
[immigration]
7 Sept 2011 Action plan released to reduce high rate of forestry deaths
[health and safety]
6 Sept 2011 Spring visits to 400 farms to check on quad bike safety
[health and safety]
30 Aug 2011 Migration trends in 2010/2011
[labour market]
28 Aug 2011 Business recovery information at your fingertips
[employment relations]
26 Aug 2011 2011 Skills Highway Winner announced
[employment relations]
23 Aug 2011 Ministerial inquiry panel and TOR announced
[labour]
18 Aug 2011 Company fined after contractor injures hand on unguarded machine
[health and safety]
18 Aug 2011 Visa sale targeting Tongan community
[immigration]
17 Aug 2011 Company fined after employee loses toes
[health and safety]
17 Aug 2011 Work deciding factor in migrants choosing Auckland
[immigration]
16 Aug 2011 Scam labour sentencing shows intolerance of immigration fraud
[immigration]
16 Aug 2011 Skilled job vacancies and lead employment indicator show employment growth flattening
[labour market]
12 Aug 2011 Ancient Kauri manufacturer fined after employee severes fingers
[health and safety]
9 Aug 2011 Goodman Fielder employee loses fingers in machine
[health and safety]
8 Aug 2011 Labour market steadily improving despite earthquake disruption
[labour market]
4 Aug 2011 Nearly 150 organisations pledge to improve health and safety
[health and safety]
4 Aug 2011 Repeat offender Kiwi Plastics fined $45,000 for unguarded machinery
[health and safety]
29 Jul 2011 Gerard Otimi sentenced
[immigration]
22 Jul 2011 Fulton Hogan fined $38,400 after employee falls from bridge
[health and safety]
19 Jul 2011 Steady growth in online job vacancies
[labour market]
15 Jul 2011 Employers must keep employment agreements for all staff
[employment relations]
14 Jul 2011 Ministerial inquiry into Foreign Charter Vessels
[labour]
13 Jul 2011 Draft adventure tourism regulations released
[health and safety]
5 Jul 2011 Employee seriously injured while in "safe area"
[health and safety]
1 Jul 2011 Essential Skills in Demand Lists latest review
[immigration]
30 Jun 2011 Study links firms' productivity with population density and R&D spending
[labour market]
30 Jun 2011 Reporting for hazardous work goes online
[health and safety]
30 Jun 2011 Feedback sought on forestry health and safety plan
[health and safety]
29 Jun 2011 Quarries fined after employee suffers multiple fractures
[health and safety]
29 Jun 2011 Third of farms visited warned about quad bike safety
[health and safety]
29 Jun 2011 Immigration Pacific Quota results are now available
[immigration]
23 Jun 2011 Employee loses fingers in machinery accident
[health and safety]
17 Jun 2011 Company fined after employee amputates his fingers
[health and safety]
15 Jun 2011 Job vacancies steady in May
[labour market]
13 Jun 2011 Skills Highway Award 2011: Entries show positive results from literacy training
[employment relations]
09 Jun 2011 Employment agreements for all employees a requirement from 1 July
[employment relations]
08 Jun 2011 Two companies fined after employee dies in forklift accident
[health and safety]
07 Jun 2011 Draw date is set for Pacific Immigration Quota
[immigration]
06 Jun 2011 Company fined after contractor falls five metres
[health and safety]
02 Jun 2011 Snapshot of health and safety performance released
[health and safety]
1 Jun 2011 Cleaning firm fined after two employees seriously injured
[health and safety]
1 Jun 2011 Payment for parental leave to rise
[employment relations]
29 May 2011 Kiwi Steel fined $237,500 for multiple health and safety breaches
[health and safety]
26 May 2011 Plan launched to tackle rate of construction accidents
[health and safety]
12 May 2011 More than $365,000 in fines imposed for inadequate machine guarding
[health and safety]
12 May 2011 Brothel-keeper sentenced for trying to smuggle prostitute
[employment relations]
12 May 2011 Quad Bike Farm safety checks continue
[health and safety]
11 May 2011 Visitor numbers slowed in March
[immigration]
10 May 2011 Safety audit of underground coal mines
[health & safety]
9 May 2011 DoL estimates 200,000 new jobs by 2015
[labour market]
6 May 2011 Nelson employer fined for not paying workers
[employment relations]
5 May 2011 Immigration New Zealand statement on Martyn Payne
[immigration]
4 May 2011 Adventure company in court after bungy accident
[health & safety]
29 Apr 2011 Employee loses finger in unguarded machine
[health & safety]
28 Apr 2011 Lost workers remembered on Memorial Day
[health & safety]
27 Apr 2011 Bluebird employee loses finger in dangerous machine
[health & safety]
19 Apr 2011 Part of employee's fingers amputated in machine
[health & safety]
15 Apr 2011 Employee catapults 2.5 metres in bobcat accident
[health & safety]
12 Apr 2011 Tree feller loses leg in workplace accident
[health & safety]
11 Apr 2011 Truck repair company fined after loose wheel kills tourist
[health & safety]
06 Apr 2011 Worker injured by unsafe machine
[health & safety]
04 Apr 2011 Department of Labour seeks time extension
[health and safety]
04 Apr 2011 Shops warned about Easter trading restrictions
[labour]
04 Apr 2011 Registrations are open for Pacific Quota
[immigration]
28 Mar 2011 National farm visits to focus on quad bike safety
[health and safety]
23 Mar 2011 Refuse company fined after worker killed by collection truck
[health and safety]
15 Mar 2011 Mobile cranes must be used carefully
[health and safety]
18 Feb 2011 Quad bike safety guidelines released
[health and safety]
18 Feb 2011 Worker lucky to survive electrical shock
[health and safety]
17 Feb 2011 New Zealand retains foreign students' skills
[immigration][research]
16 Feb 2011 Silver Fern Farms in court after contract worker is injured
[health and safety]
11 Feb 2011 Pacific Quota resident applications extended
[immigration]
7 Feb 2011 Minimum wage increased to $13
[employment relations]
25 Jan 2011 Pacific Quota resident applications due in February
[Immigration]
17 Jan 2011 Safety and employment reminder for student workers
[health and safety]
12 Jan 2011 New Year call to improve forestry safety
[health and safety]
7 Jan 2011 Department of Labour investigates quad bike death in Wairoa
[health and safety]
5 Jan 2011 New sun safety advice for outdoor workers
[health and safety]