Labour stories
Missing colleagues and blurred boundaries can leave home workers strained unless managers set clear routines and realistic workloads.
Businesses working on steep terrain face renewed scrutiny after a forestry rollover in Wellington killed a worker and left a company fined NZD $60,000.
Recognition of waste-to-energy plants as essential has sharpened focus on their role in safely treating infectious rubbish during the pandemic.
Productivity rose almost 40% in Japan as the software group tested a shorter week, hinting at a possible cure for overwork culture.
Night workers may stay more alert and productive by eating a light snack, UniSA researchers found in a study of 44 volunteers.
The company faces a more than $500,000 penalty after safety failures led to an unlicensed worker’s death in a dump truck rollover.
The strategy aims to cut workplace harm and could save hundreds of Kiwi lives lost each year to health risks.
Freight delays are mounting as Auckland’s overloaded port and 9-5 warehouse habits strain deliveries, exporters and importers alike.
Health and safety innovations from construction firms drew recognition in Auckland, with record Site Safe graduation numbers also announced.
A Tauranga mussel plant has been fined and ordered to pay reparation after a cleaner lost an eye in a corrosive product incident.
Poor culture and boom-bust pressures are driving high suicide rates among New Zealand construction workers, new research suggests.
WorkSafe New Zealand is hoping new practices will lift workplace safety performance as Daniel Hummerdal takes up a unique advisory role on 1 October.
Women clocking 45 hours or more a week face a 63% higher risk of diabetes, with researchers urging closer attention to work patterns.
Civil firms fear a USD $2 billion lull in work could push skills and equipment overseas before rapid transit projects begin.
Yesterday was Budget Day, and since our Labour-led government released its first budget, Twitter has been afire with responses.
New research shows construction’s fatality rate has more than halved since 2011, easing concern for workers and employers alike.
WorkSafe says its push on critical risks, leadership and worker engagement is helping New Zealand edge towards a 25% injury cut by 2020.
A fatal potato harvester crush has prompted fresh warnings after a court ordered Easton Agriculture to pay compensation to the worker's family.
Auckland’s biggest global tech summit will draw more than 450 delegates as New Zealand pushes a national digital roadmap.
Daylight saving is a reminder that tired workers are 30 per cent more likely to have accidents, WorkSafe says.
