{"id":3708,"date":"2025-10-19T22:45:40","date_gmt":"2025-10-19T22:45:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hazardco.com\/nz\/?p=3708"},"modified":"2025-10-19T22:45:40","modified_gmt":"2025-10-19T22:45:40","slug":"health-safety-reforms-why-we-are-concerned-for-building-companies-and-trades","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hazardco.com\/nz\/blog\/health-safety-reforms-why-we-are-concerned-for-building-companies-and-trades\/","title":{"rendered":"Health & safety reforms – Why we are concerned for building companies and trades"},"content":{"rendered":"

As a leading Health & Safety provider in NZ, we are staying close to the proposed changes to the H&S regulations and working to influence changes where we can. When new rules do come through, we’ll break them down – what’s changed, why it’s changed, and most importantly, how businesses can put the changes into practice, as we know one size doesn’t fit all.<\/span><\/p>\n

You\u2019ve probably seen the headlines about the government\u2019s proposed health and safety reforms that aim to reduce red tape. But here\u2019s the problem: these changes won\u2019t make construction any safer. In fact, there\u2019s a real risk they could do the opposite.<\/span><\/p>\n

Construction is one of the highest-risk industries in New Zealand. Hard-won progress in health and safety hasn\u2019t come by chance, it\u2019s been built over years of effort, investment, and learning from tragedy. Weakening the rules now risks undoing that progress and putting workers back in harm\u2019s way.<\/span><\/p>\n

Here\u2019s what\u2019s on the table for regulation changes:<\/span><\/p>\n