Van Velden puts WorkSafe on notice with six-month reform window

Van Velden puts WorkSafe on notice with six-month reform window
Brooke van Velden has announced big changes to WorkSafe, but there could be more to come. (Image: NZME)
Dileepa Fonseka
Workplace Relations and Safety Minister Brooke van Velden is giving WorkSafe six months to adjust to a new way of operating, according to a version of a Cabinet paper on WorkSafe changes that was emailed to BusinessDesk.Van Velden has announced a new effort to get WorkSafe to concentrate on what she terms a more “focused” set of priorities, where WorkSafe focuses on key “critical” safety risks for workers, along with providing more guidance to businesses on how they can meet health and safety obligations.She also wanted...

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