Minister for Workplace Relations and Safety explained

Post:Workplace Relations and Safety
Body:New Zealand
Flag:Flag of New Zealand.svg
Flagcaption:Flag of New Zealand
Insigniacaption:Coat of arms of New Zealand
Incumbent:Brooke van Velden
Incumbentsince:27 November 2023
Department:WorkSafe New Zealand
Style:The Honourable
Member Of:
Reports To:Prime Minister of New Zealand
Appointer:Governor-General of New Zealand
Termlength:At His Majesty's pleasure
Formation:8 October 2014
First: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.NamePortraitTerm of OfficePrime Minister
1Michael Woodhouse8 October 201426 October 2017width=1 style="color:inherit;background:"Key
English
2Iain Lees-Galloway26 October 201722 July 2020Ardern
3Andrew Little22 July 20206 November 2020
height=50 style="border-bottom:solid 0 grey; background:"4Michael Wood6 November 202021 June 2023
height=50 style="border-top:solid 0 grey; background:"Hipkins
5Carmel Sepuloni21 June 202327 November 2023
6Brooke van Velden27 November 2023presentLuxon

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Parliamentary Salaries and Allowances Determination 2016 . Parliament.nz . 2017-02-28.
  2. News: Who gets what? List of New Zealand's new ministers . 23 November 2023 . . . 24 November 2023 . 23 November 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231123234038/https://www.1news.co.nz/2023/11/24/who-gets-what-list-of-new-zealands-new-ministers/ . live .
  3. Web site: Ministerial Portfolio – Courts . . 18 June 2020 .