Did You Know?

China V NZ

• China’s population is 1.37 billion   v  New Zealand 4.4 million
• China’s working population is 764.2 million v  New Zealand 2.4 million
• 35 Chinese are born every minute  v  1 kiwi born every 8 mins 25 secs
• There are roughly 241,900 foreigners with work permits in China v  NZ with 21,300
• The average annual salary of employees of non-private enterprises/entities in China increased from RMB37,147 (NZ$7349)  in 2010 to RMB42,452 (NZ$8399) in 2011, while that of employees of private enterprises/entities increased from RMB20,759 (NZ$4197) to RMB24,556 (NZ$4858) v New Zealand $41,600 or $800 per week

Health & Safety

• In the last 12 months there have been 85 deaths, 445 serious non-fatal injuries and 30,800 ACC entitlement claims
• New Zealand’s working population is  2.4 million workers across 470,000 workplaces
• The sectors with consistently high work tolls are: construction, agriculture, forestry, fishing and manufacturing
• Occupational disease is estimated to lead to 700-1,000 fatalities and 17,000-20,000 new cases a year - asthma, skin diseases and asbestos-related cancer are big contributors
• Annually, the work toll costs billions in suffering and premature death but the majority of this cost is absorbed by society
• ACC pays out about half a billion dollars a year for work-related claims
• Lost work days on ACC weekly compensation equate to about one day per worker per year
• About 90% of medium and large businesses have health and safety systems but many small businesses have difficulty setting these up
• About 9,600 workplace incidents are notified to the Department of Labour each year – about 1,200 result in compliance or enforcement action