Having learnt numerous lessons from being the lawyer who represented the NZ-based Pike River mine directors and chief executive following the 2010 tragedy, Stacey Shortall knows better than most the nuances and legislative minefields attached to health and safety issues.
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The threat of cyber-attacks is becoming an ever-growing concern for New Zealand businesses. In the first CERT NZ Quarterly Report, between 11 April and 30 June 2017, there were 364 incidents reported, of which 70 were referred to the New Zealand Police.
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We are pleased to announce our recent success at the LearnX Impact Awards Asia Pacific 2017.
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Rangiora Carpets Limited has been sentenced to a fine of $157,500, reparation of $20,000 and costs in one of the first reported sentencing decisions under the new Health and Safety at Work Act 2015.
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On 23rd May 2017 we witnessed the first sentencing under the Health and Safety at Work Act 2015 (HSW Act). In a judgment released the next day the court fined the company $100,000 and ordered reparation of $37,500. With this backdrop of increasing fines ahead, what steps can you take now to help safeguard your organisation?
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An article by John O’Rourke from our partners at MinterEllisonRuddWatts talking about the three core strategies to ensure a safe and healthy workplace.
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The following article is an extract from the fifth issue of METTLE, a collection of stories and interviews with influential New Zealand business leaders, curated by MinterEllisonRuddWatts.
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It is little known that employers can find themselves facing fines for breaches their employees have committed during the course of their employment – these can include harassment, bullying or discriminatory acts.
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Dr Ross Patterson, a partner at MinterEllisonRuddWatts, recalls how he got into building a startup in 1998.
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Organisations are recognising that their own employees, through human error, negligence or lack of awareness, can make businesses vulnerable to cyber-attacks.
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There are lots of behaviours that people carry out within the working environment, unconscious of the fact that others see it as discriminatory. It isn’t acceptable to brush this under the carpet and assume the potentially affected person is being over-sensitive, it will require an investigation and a great deal of time at the very least. It could, of course, lead to legal matters in some instances.
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Learning Management System’s (LMS) have been around for a long time and are an integral part of the eLearning design and development process for businesses. However, many organisations may have seen this as an expensive indulgence for their HR or learning and development/training department. This simply is not the case; in fact it is arguably one of those essential tools that every organisation should have. The good news is that now putting an LMS in place is not an overly expensive exercise. We have put together 8 reasons why an LMS can benefit your business.
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For most organisations, compliance can feel like the thing you just have to get done. It’s essential to keep your employees informed, and if you’re the owners executives or board-members, it’s something that needs to be done to try to prevent instances occurring and to mitigate your exposure. If this is the only reason you do this training, it’s likely to be just a box-ticking exercise.
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This article takes a look at the growing importance and use of social media in the workplace.
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With global cyber crime on the increase, it is worth all New Zealand businesses looking at what they need to do in order to combat such attacks. After all, cyber security crimes costs New Zealand businesses about $250m-$400m a year.
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It may well be that time of year again, when you feel you have to start looking at your compliance training programme.
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Let’s be honest, for many New Zealand businesses compliance training is viewed as a ‘tick box’ exercise and for some a hindrance to day-to-day operations.
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