Due to the high volume of enquiries there is a longer than normal wait for a reply. 

COVID-19

If your enquiry is related to COVID-19, advice for businesses and workers is available on the COVID-19.govt.nz website. 

We also have our own COVID-19 guidance about managing health and safety in workplaces.

Please check in both these places before you contact us.

Looking for something?

We encourage you to search our website to find the information you require – useful places to start are getting started or  A – Z topics and industries.

Our enquiries team can provide information about how the law may apply in a general sense and good practices that may be relevant for your business or situation.

We don’t provide specific technical advice or solutions, nor do we provide legal advice. If you need help with an employment relationship the Employment Relations Authority may have the guidance you need. If you require specific advice or support you may need to engage a specialist health and safety consultant, or specialist technical advisor. The Health and Safety Association of New Zealand (HASANZ) provides a useful list of consultants on its website: HASANZ register. 

If you have not been able to find the information you need, please submit your enquiry via the form below.  We will endeavour to respond to your enquiry within 5 working days.

Please note we do not take requests to call people back via this form. If you wish to a report a health and safety concern call 0800 030 040. 

Before making a request we recommend looking at our Information requests page.

If your request is about specific WorkSafe data please take a look at our Data Centre. There you can access the annual and monthly data WorkSafe captures on health and safety at work in New Zealand. 

Before making a request we recommend looking at our Information requests page.