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New Hazardous Substances Rules Improve Lab Safety and Cut Compliance Costs

3 weeks ago | 271 views

Workplace Relations and Safety Minister Brooke van Velden announced new hazardous substances regulations effective today that provide tailored safety requirements for laboratories, reducing unnecessary compliance costs while maintaining strong safety standards. The 2017 regulations had imposed industrial-level requirements on laboratories, leading to impractical and costly renovations estimated between $1.5 billion and $3 billion, with some rules potentially compromising safety. The updated regulations introduce a dedicated compliance pathway with risk management plans and an Approved Code of Practice developed with industry, supporting science and innovation while ensuring health and safety protections.

Tags: Brooke van Velden Universities New Zealand Independent Research Association of New Zealand Ministry for Business Innovation and Employment Health and Safety at Work Hazardous Substances Regulations Approved Code of Practice Workplace Relations and Safety Minister scientists laboratories

New NZ Government Procurement Rules Boost Kiwi Businesses and Economic Benefits

8 months ago | 882 views

New government procurement rules, effective immediately, aim to boost Kiwi businesses by simplifying tender processes and introducing a minimum 10 percent economic benefit weighting in contract evaluations. The Ministry for Business, Innovation and Employment will monitor compliance and impact, ensuring agencies prioritize New Zealand economic benefits such as workforce participation and training. These changes apply to contracts over specified thresholds and comply with international trade obligations by allowing foreign companies to demonstrate economic benefits to New Zealand.

Tags: Nicola Willis government procurement New Zealand economic benefit Kiwi firms Ministry for Business Innovation and Employment government contracts workforce participation trade agreements tender process