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Practical Articles

• Proposed Changes To The Health And Safety In Employment Act 1992
  Firm: Gibson Sheat
  Date: July, 2002
• Court Of Appeal Rules on Stress
  Firm: Minter Ellison Rudd Watts
  Date: July, 2002
• The Law and Ethics of Assisted Suicide
  Firm: Phillips Fox
  Date: June, 2002
• Work-related Stress a Major Factor in Bank Employee's Suicide
  Firm: Phillips Fox
  Date: May, 2002
• A new workplace problem : bullying Australians
  Firm: Bell Gully
  Date: May, 2002
• Biting the hand that bites: prosecuting the prosecutors?
  Firm: Bell Gully
  Date: May, 2002
• Stretching Stress
  Firm: Bell Gully
  Date: May, 2002
• Update on Changes to Employment Legislation
  Firm: Phillips Fox
  Date: April, 2002
• What's New With Hazardous Substances?
  Firm: Pitt & Moore
  Date: April, 2002
• The Low Down on Xenotransplantation
  Firm: Simpson Grierson
  Date: April, 2002
• Trust Fund Issues for District Health Boards
  Firm: Phillips Fox
  Date: April, 2002
• Untidy properties - clean up options
  Firm: Phillips Fox
  Date: April, 2002
• Drugs & Alcohol in the Workplace - Striking a Careful Balance
  Firm: Russell McVeagh
  Date: March, 2002
• New Food Safety Authority and Public Health Bill Proposal
  Firm: Phillips Fox
  Date: March, 2002
• The employer's obligation to address work place stress
  Firm: Phillips Fox
  Date: December, 2001
• Health & Safety in Employment Amendment Bill
  Firm: Phillips Fox
  Date: December, 2001
• The Labelling of GM Foods - Where will we stand after the Standard 18 of the ANZFA Code?
  Firm: Simpson Grierson
  Date: September, 2001
• Experimental Use: A Defence to Patent Infringement
  Firm: Baldwin Shelston Waters
  Date: August, 2001
• District Health Boards Must Consult With the Public
  Firm: Harkness Henry & Co
  Date: August, 2001
• Radiation From Power Lines
  Firm: Wynn Williams & Co
  Date: July, 2001
• The Internet and Medicine
  Firm: Russell McVeagh
  Date: March, 2001
• Court Cases Raise Stress Levels For Employers
  Firm: Bell Gully
  Date: March, 2001

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Links & Resources

• ACC - Healthwise - Information for health providers and insurers about Healthcare Contracts
• Employment Today - Web site of employment today magazine - offering in-depth coverage on human resources and employment law including: employment law issues, management, tax, ACC, health and safety, remuneration, industrial relations, training and more...
• Health Research Council of New Zealand - Government-funded agency responsible for purchasing and co-ordinating health research
• Health and Disability Commissioner - Protects and promotes the rights of health and disability service consumers
• Human Rights Commission - Web site of the New Zealand Human Rights Commission
• Injury Prevention, Rehabilitation, and Compensation Act 2001 - The Injury Prevention, Rehabilitation, and Compensation Act 2001 comes into force on 1 April 2002, replacing the Accident Insurance Act 1998. For a limited time, Brookers is making a copy of the Injury Prevention, Rehabilitation, and Compensation Act 2001 and its regulations available FREE of charge.
• Medsafe - The New Zealand Medicines and Medical Devices Safety Authority, a business unit of the Ministry of Health, and the authority responsible for the regulation of therapeutic products in New Zealand.
• Mental Health Commission - Ensures the implementation of the National Mental Health Strategy by monitoring and reporting on the performance of key agencies
• Ministry of Health - Ministry providing information on New Zealand health issues
• New Zealand Health Information Service - The group within the Ministry of Health responsible for the collection and dissemination of health-related information
• New Zealand Occupational Safety and Health Service - Web site of the Occupational Safety and Health service of Department of Labour, NZ
• PHARMAC - The Pharmaceutical Management Agency (PHARMAC) manages the New Zealand Pharmaceutical Schedule on behalf of its owner - the Health Funding Authority (HFA).
• Smokefree NZ - The Health Sponsorship Council has marketed the Smokefree brand since 1991 with the aim of reducing the number of smokers in New Zealand
• The Discussion Paper on the Review of the Health and Safety in Employment Act (1992). - Summary of submissions to the Discussion Paper on the HSE Act Review