Minister for Workplace Relations and Safety
New Zealand minister of the Crown
Workplace Relations and Safety of New Zealand | |
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Incumbent since 27 November 2023Brooke van Velden | |
WorkSafe New Zealand | |
Style | The Honourable |
Member of | |
Reports to | Prime Minister of New Zealand |
Appointer | Governor-General of New Zealand |
Term length | At His Majesty's pleasure |
Formation | 8 October 2014 |
First holder | Michael Woodhouse |
Salary | $288,900[1] |
Website | www.beehive.govt.nz |
The Minister for Workplace Relations and Safety is a minister in the New Zealand Government. The minister has responsibility for WorkSafe New Zealand and acts as chair of the Industrial Relations Foundation. It was preceded by the Minister of Labour.
The current minister is Brooke van Velden.[2]
Overview
The minister oversees the health and safety at work regulatory system, employment relations and standards regulatory system including the overarching employment relations framework and prescribed minimum standards, such as the minimum wage and holiday entitlements.[3]
List of ministers
- Key
No. | Name | Portrait | Term of Office | Prime Minister | |||
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1 | Michael Woodhouse | 8 October 2014 | 26 October 2017 | Key | |||
English | |||||||
2 | Iain Lees-Galloway | 26 October 2017 | 22 July 2020 | Ardern | |||
3 | Andrew Little | 22 July 2020 | 6 November 2020 | ||||
4 | Michael Wood | 6 November 2020 | 21 June 2023 | ||||
Hipkins | |||||||
5 | Carmel Sepuloni | 21 June 2023 | 27 November 2023 | ||||
6 | Brooke van Velden | 27 November 2023 | present | Luxon |
References
- ^ "Parliamentary Salaries and Allowances Determination 2016" (PDF). Parliament.nz. Retrieved 28 February 2017.
- ^ "Who gets what? List of New Zealand's new ministers". 1 News. TVNZ. 24 November 2023. Archived from the original on 23 November 2023. Retrieved 23 November 2023.
- ^ "Ministerial Portfolio – Courts". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. Retrieved 18 June 2020.
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