Health and Safety in Employment
Publications about health and safety in employment.
- WorkInfo
- WorkInfo have many publications and fact sheets, including this PDF:
An Introduction to Employers' Rights & Responsibilities under the Health and Safety in Employment Act (PDF 1,288Kb)
- See also :
- Fact sheets on employment matters including youth employment, parental leave, problem solving and the Holidays Act (2003) on the Department of Labour website. http://www.ers.govt.nz/publications/index.html
- Volunteers
- The Act recognises that the well-being and work of volunteers is just as important as that of employees. All voluntary work activity should be safe and those responsible for it are encouraged by the Act to specifically include hazard management in their planning for the activity.
- Definition of volunteer
- …a core definition, from which the coverage of volunteers flows.
The Occupational Safety and Health Service have an extensive catalogue of publications.