WorkSafe has successfully prosecuted a farm company director... read more

WorkSafe has successfully prosecuted a farm company director who instructed an employee to lie to investigators. An employee suffered a...

Until 31 August, we’re offering a discounted fixed price on... read more

Until 31 August, we’re offering a discounted fixed price on paper based gaps analysis for HSMPs for $1,000.00 (plus GST...

Health and safety duties can overlap within a contractual relationship.... read more

Health and safety duties can overlap within a contractual relationship.  We discussed this, and the cases coming through which highlight...

MMD Engineering Limited has been the first designer and manufacturer... read more

MMD Engineering Limited has been the first designer and manufacturer of machinery to be sentenced under the new Health and...

Last year we discussed a Bill proposing to change the Health... read more

Last year we discussed a Bill proposing to change the Health and Safety at Work Act 2015 (Act) to exclude...

Private prosecutions may well be set to occur more regularly... read more

Private prosecutions may well be set to occur more regularly under the Health and Safety at Work Act 2015 (HSWA),...

Falsifying Drug Tests Synthetic urine continues to be an ongoing... read more

Falsifying Drug Tests Synthetic urine continues to be an ongoing issue in the drug testing arena. Synthetic urine is a...

The Health and Safety at Work Act 2015 (HSWA) introduced a positive... read more

The Health and Safety at Work Act 2015 (HSWA) introduced a positive duty on all company officers (including directors, partners,...

Recent concerns have been raised by WorkSafe NZ in relation to... read more

Recent concerns have been raised by WorkSafe NZ in relation to the quality of the health exposure monitoring, by some...

The Health and Safety at Work Act 2015 (HSWA) came into force... read more

The Health and Safety at Work Act 2015 (HSWA) came into force on 4 April 2016, and since then, the...