Workplace Safety
Workplace safety plans open can of worms
The Workplace Relations Minister is getting a ribbing over plans to label worm farming and mini-putt as high-risk, but not sheep, beef and dairy farming.
Miners families vow to fight for safer workplaces
The family of two men who died in the Pike River mine disaster have taken their fight for workplace safety to Parliament. Audio
Preventing falls necessary for workplace safety
Graham Burke the president of the Specialist Trade Contractors Federation an umbrella group for subcontractors within the construction industry. Audio
Preventing falls adds costs to housing
The pro-business think tank, the New Zealand Initiative, says WorkSafe's campaign to prevent falls on residential construction sites is emotional and adding thousands of dollars in unnecessary costs. Audio
Polytech pay tutor $40,000 after suffering horrific injuries
A polytechnic where a tutor was crushed by a tree while he was teaching his students how to use a chainsaw, has been fined 40 thousand dollars. Audio
Political editor on work safety legislation
Political Editor Brent Edwards on workplace safety law. Audio
Gov urged to stregthen quarry safety rules
Opposition parties say it's alarming quarries in New Zealand are virtually unregulated because of the Government's hands-off approach to workplace safety. Audio
Govt coming under more pressure not to back down on pledge
As rescuers scramble to find the man buried under tonnes of rubble in a South Island quarry, the Government is under pressure not to back down on its pledge after the Pike River Mine disaster to… Audio
Rhonda Samoa - The Precariousness of Work
Rhonda Samoa is a truck driver, a graduate of the New Zealand Film School, and the sister of Mark Samoa who was killed in a work accident on the Wellington waterfront in 2013. She remains optimistic… Audio
The Problems with Desk Sharing
Employment lawyer Andrew Scott-Howman and the Panelists discuss the health and legal perils of hot-desking. Will our legislation chamges see lengthy court cases over workplace safety? Audio
