2023年12月23日 · This Act is administered by the Ministry of Business, Innovation, and Employment.

HSWA recognises that a well-functioning health and safety system relies on participation, leadership, and accountability by government, business and workers. HSWA sets out the principles, duties and rights in relation to workplace health and safety.

2019年7月18日 · New Zealand’s key work health and safety legislation is the Health and Safety at Work Act 2015 (HSWA) and regulations made under that Act. All work and workplaces are covered by HSWA unless specifically excluded. WorkSafe is the government agency that is the work health and safety regulator.

A duty imposed on a person by or under this Act requires the person— to eliminate risks to health and safety, so far as is reasonably practicable; and. if it is not reasonably practicable to eliminate risks to health and safety, to minimise those risks so far as is reasonably practicable.

In administering the Security Intelligence Service or the Bureau and in exercising the power under subsection (2), the Director-General of Security or the Director-General of the Government Communications Security Bureau (as the case requires) must take into account the need to promote the purpose of this Act to the greatest extent consistent ...

Find out more about the key concepts of HSWA – New Zealand's workplace health and safety law. Under HSWA, a business or undertaking (PCBU) must look after the health and safety of its workers and any other workers it influences or directs.

The Health and Safety at Work Act 2015 is the principal piece of legislation defining the statutory obligations of New Zealand business in relation to the safety and welfare of their employees. It shifts the focus from previous legislation which was principally about monitoring and recording incidents related to health and safety to a system ...

The Health and Safety at Work Act 2015 (HSWA) is New Zealand's most prominent labour health and safety law. The legislation came into effect after the Independent Task Force for Health and Safety recognised in 2013 that the country's health and system was failing and urged for necessary changes.

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, reasonably practicable, in relation to a duty of a PCBU set out in subpart 2 of Part 2, means that which is, or was, at a particular time, reasonably able to be done in relation to ensuring health and safety, taking into account and weighing up all relevant matters, including—

The New Zealand Health and Safety at Work Act 2015 (HSWA 2015) is the most comprehensive revision of health and safety legislation in over four decades. Since its introduction, it has been a milestone in worker safety, representing a shift in focus from reactive enforcement to proactive risk assessment and prevention strategies.