legislation – ADCOSS http://www.adcoss.org.nz Auckland District Council of Social Services Wed, 08 Mar 2017 03:21:46 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.6.4 How new health and safety laws affect volunteers and charities http://www.adcoss.org.nz/how-new-health-and-safety-laws-affect-volunteers-and-charities/ Tue, 08 Mar 2016 21:37:26 +0000 http://w2mhosting.net/adcoss/?p=1117 The Health and Safety at Work Act 2015 comes into force on April 4, 2016.  The new legislation does provide exemptions for volunteer organisations, associations and charities.

If you are running a charity or a volunteer organisation it is important to know where you fit under the new workplace health and safety law.

Read an interesting article by Mike Mitchell on the new laws.

]]> Health and Safety at work http://www.adcoss.org.nz/health-and-safety-at-work/ Thu, 04 Feb 2016 22:10:04 +0000 http://w2mhosting.net/adcoss/?p=1094 A reminder that the new Health and Safety at Work Act will come into effect in April 2016.

The following link will take you to a short summary prepared by Megan Thomas, and links to further information so you can prepare for this in your organisation.

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