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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

  Labour   National   ACT

No. Name Portrait Term of Office Prime Minister
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

  1. ^ "Parliamentary Salaries and Allowances Determination 2016" (PDF). Parliament.nz. Retrieved 28 February 2017.
  2. ^ "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.
  3. ^ "Ministerial Portfolio – Courts". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. Retrieved 18 June 2020.
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