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MBIE says it has no record of contracting Ceefa Software and will ask the company to remove its logos from its website. Athfield also claims to have invited MBIE to a presentation about the “applicant management system” it s developed in order to determine whether it breaches MBIE regulations that forbids software from scanning or operating its website. MBIE has not addressed
Stuff’s questions about this.
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People are allowed to pay others to book MIQ spots for them but MIQ’s administrators say it’s a case of “buyer beware”. Rachel Fagan, a New Zealand citizen in Thailand, said two months ago she secured a place in MIQ for September, but now that the Covid-19 situation in Thailand had deteriorated she wanted to return home earlier.
In email correspondence with one customer Athfield says he invited MBIE to a presentation about the company and the “applicant management system” it s developed in order to determine whether it breaches MBIE regulations that forbids software from scanning or operating its website. An MBIE spokeswoman said it had not found any record of Ceefa Software in its contract or vendor systems. “We will work with the company to have our logo removed from their website.” She did not address questions about whether MBIE was invited to meet with Athfield.
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Overseas New Zealanders wanting to return home are handing over their sensitive information to third parties in an attempt to secure a place in MIQ.
“MBIE’s preferred option in the Regulatory Impact Analysis we have prepared is to strengthen existing mechanisms in the employment relations system, combined with setting targeted sector based minimum standards where there are problematic outcomes for employees,” the paper, released on Thursday, said. The officials note a number of “significant risks” with the plan, most notably that employers were against it, the law would be “complex novel and lacks specific international precedent” and that it could breach international labour or human rights laws. “The compulsory nature of FPA bargaining and the bar on industrial action may not comply with New Zealand’s international labour obligations and a rights analysis is needed,” the officials wrote.
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The Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment has been releasing vouchers in batches, with some yet to be made available.
The high demand means there s no rooms showing as available for the next five months.
The November dates were released last night and returnees have complained they had no chance to secure a spot.
About 2000 rooms are empty each day across the country.
MIQ s operational capacity is 4000, while an additional 900 rooms are set aside as contingency.
More than 200 rooms are offline due to hotel maintenance, and others are out of action as the ministry shifts to a cohorted intake of returnees.