School Children in Paid Employment Last Publication Date: 01 Sep 2010 This paper summarises the state of knowledge surrounding New Zealand schoolchildren in employment to early 2010. It brings together formative publications from earlier in the decade,…
The 2008 Rest & Meal Breaks Amendments to the Employment Relations Act 2000 Last Publication Date: 01 Aug 2010 This research was carried out between October 2009 and May 2010 by Department of Labour researchers to identify to what extent the intended policy objectives of…
New Zealand Injury Prevention Strategy (NZIPS) Reports Last Publication Date: 01 Feb 2010 The New Zealand Injury Prevention Strategy (NZIPS) was disestablished in December 2013. The information contained on the pages below has been archived for reference purposes only. The…
How do we determine if statutory regulation is the most appropriate way to regulate health professions? Last Publication Date: 02 Jan 2009 The Health Practitioners Competence Assurance Act 2003 (the Act) came into force in September 2004. The Act provides a framework for regulating health professions to ensure…
Investigating accident compensation spells using linked employer-employee data Last Publication Date: 01 Oct 2009 This project was motivated by the Accident Compensation Corporation’s (ACC’s) interest in better understanding the Linked Employer-Employee Dataset (LEED). In particular, they were interested in its…
Effective Occupational Health Interventions in Agriculture Last Publication Date: 01 Feb 2009 The Effective Occupational Health Interventions in Agriculture: key characteristics of their development and implementation in New Zealand project sought to update the knowledge base on injury…
Serious and Sentinel Events in New Zealand Hospitals Last Publication Date: 01 Jan 2009 The purpose of recording and investigating preventable adverse events in hospitals is to understand why these events occurred, which then provides a basis for taking action…
Puataunofo Manukau Status Report Last Publication Date: 01 Sep 2008 The Puataunofo Manukau Project is a strategic collaborative pilot project that brought together a broad range of agencies and partners to promote and raise awareness of…
Health Outcomes in Former New Zealand Timber Workers Exposed To Pentachlorophenal (PCP) Last Publication Date: 01 Apr 2008 Concerns remain about chronic health problems experienced by former timber workers who were exposed to pentachlorophenol (PCP) when it was used as an anti-sapstain fungicide treatment…
Elder abuse and neglect: Exploration of risk and protective factors Last Publication Date: 01 Jan 2008 This Families Commission report on elder abuse and neglect examines what makes older people vulnerable to abuse and neglect, and what reduces their risk. This is…
