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Pre-Employment Drug Test NZ: About Workplace Drug Testing in New Zealand
Pre-employment drug testing in New Zealand is in place to ensure employees remain safe at all times. Companies are responsible for maintaining safety in the workplace, and a pre-employment drug test helps to reduce risk. Testing for drugs and alcohol can help ensure employees are clear-headed at all times, but policies and procedures must be […]
Pre-Employment Drug Test NZ: About Workplace Drug Testing in New Zealand
As companies and businesses aim to make their work environment safer for employees and customers, a pre-employment drug test in NZ workplaces is one of the preventive measures they turn to. The use and abuse of illicit drugs can lead to increased work-related accidents due to employee impairments. In line with this, alcohol intoxication from […]
NEW PRIVACY ACT FOR NEW ZEALAND IN FORCE FROM 1 DECEMBER 2020 EXTENDS TO OFFSHORE ENTITIES DOING BUSINESS IN NZ
New Zealand’s Privacy Act 2020 recently went into force with key changes such as an extension of the powers and functions of the Privacy Commissioner, the strengthening of cross-border protections, the introduction of criminal penalties for certain behavior, and an increased focus on risk management and early intervention by “agencies.” How will the Commissioner’s powers […]
PERSONAL DATA HANDLING AND PROCESSING IN NEW ZEALAND
MANPOWER GROUP SURVEY SHOWS NEW ZEALAND EMPLOYMENT OUTLOOK.
The latest ManpowerGroup Employment Outlook Survey for New Zealand shows employers reporting conservative hiring plans for the second quarter of 2019. With 14 percent of employers expecting to increase payrolls, five percent anticipating a decrease and 80 percent forecasting no change, the resulting Net Employment Outlook is +9 percent. Employers in all four organization size […]
HOW CAN HR PROTECT AGAINST EMPLOYEE FRAUD?
Robyn Conza, Country head – Australia and New Zealand at First Advantage, discusses pre-employment screening and the importance of rescreening to prevent ongoing employee fraud and mitigate risk. He notes that fraud in actual dollar terms is costing the Australian economy approximately half a billion a year. The non-financial impact manifests itself in organizational culture […]
BACKGROUND CHECKS LAGGING IN NEW ZEALAND
New Zealand criminals are entering Australia without background checks, causing concern for Australian authorities. Under a Trans-Tasman Travel Arrangement, Australian visitors complete an incoming passenger card to declare whether they have convictions, but some are lying on the form, and background checks are not being done. There is no system in place that allows Australian […]
EU Article 29 Data Protection Working Party finds New Zealand adequate
At their plenary session on 4-5 April, the EU Article 29 Data Protection Working Party adopted an Opinion that New Zealand’s data protection legislation provides an adequate level of protection in relation to the European Union Data Protection Directive. The WP noted that the New Zealand legislation preceded the Directive and was modeled […]
Proposal to Have Privacy Officer to Implement Data Protection Law
New Zealand’s Assistant Privacy Commissioner Katrine Evans has suggested that Malaysia have privacy officers to implement the data protection law. A privacy officer is the person in an agency who can understand its business and, at the same time, help the agency get it right in handling personal information. “I don’t know whether Malaysia […]
Privacy Laws to be Overhauled
Justice Minister Judith Collins today announced the Government would repeal and re-enact the Privacy Act 1993 following a Law Commission report released last year, which made more than 100 recommendations. “Our current privacy law has been in place for almost 20 years and predates the creation of the internet,” Collins said. “Huge changes to […]
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