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Health & Safety changes : are you ready?
Many of you will be aware of the Health and Safety Reform Bill which has been before Parliament. Working Safer: a blueprint for health and safety at work reforms New Zealand's health and safety system following the recommendations of the Independent Taskforce on Workplace Health and Safety and the Royal Commission on the Pike River Coal Mine tragedy.
The new Health and Safety at Work Act replaces the Health and Safety in Employment Act and the Machinery Act 1950. The Act will come into force on 4 April 2016, after which new obligations – and consequences for breaching them – will be enforceable. What does the new Act mean for employers?
Once in effect, the HSW Act will place new obligations on: