Employment Law

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  • A Brief Analysis of National's Employment Law Changes
    25 May 2011 - 15:19

    Holidays Amendment Bill

    The main change to the Holidays Act is to allow sale of the 4th week of statutory annual leave. We opposed this change but are aware that some workers who are cash and/or time poor may want to use it. For us it is an issue of diluting annual holiday entitlement.

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  • CTU faces the challenges
    18 Aug 2011 - 10:00

    In her opening speech to the CTU Biennial Conference - Workers Rights in the 21st Century - President, Helen Kelly highlighted the importance of workers’ rights in order to address inequality and promote fairness.

    Helen Kelly issued a message to unions "our challenge is not just to fight for improvements in workers’ rights, but in the process to build and innovate from what we have.

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  • Fairness at work goes tomorrow
    31 Mar 2011 - 11:51

    Changes to employment laws which take effect from tomorrow will allow any new worker to be unfairly dismissed in the first 90 days of employment at a time when work is already tough for so many New Zealanders.

    Tomorrow’s changes also include restrictions on workers that seek access to union advice.

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  • Things just got worse: new laws discriminate against LGBTI workers
    31 Mar 2011 - 00:00

    The CTU Out@Work Council says that new workplace laws, coming into effect Friday 1 April, will make it easier for employers to discriminate against workers based on their gender identity or sexuality. The extension of the 90-day fire at will legislation means that an employer can sack any worker in the first 90 days of their employment without having to give a reason.

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  • Court of Appeal upholds union appeal on strike breakers
    10 Mar 2011 - 12:45

    10 March 2011

    The Court of Appeal  has quashed the Employment Court decision which permitted the use of strike breakers during the 2009 dispute between the Dairy Workers Union and the Talley’s company, Open Country Cheese.

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  • Government must accept sleepover decision now
    18 Feb 2011 - 12:27

    18 February 2011

    The Government’s claims about the flow-on impact of the Court of Appeal decision on sleepover shifts worked by disability support workers were tested in court and were found to be wrong, said the CTU today.

    CTU President Helen Kelly said: “It is time the Government faced up to the fact that disability support workers have been grossly underpaid for years.

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  • 90 day research fatally flawed
    14 Feb 2011 - 09:50

    The research by NZ Institute of Economic Research (NZIER) claiming to show that the 90 day law has increased hiring in small firms draws invalid conclusions from a flawed analysis, said the Council of Trade Unions today.

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  • 90 day survey a poor endorsement for unfairness
    2 Feb 2011 - 15:19

    The survey of 90 day ‘fire at will’ trials published today is another feeble attempt to justify this unfair law, said the Council of Trade Unions.

    CTU President Helen Kelly said: “Nothing in this survey contradicts the essential point that the law strips employees of the right to a fair hearing and allows bosses to sack people for nothing – which we have proved is happening.”

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  • CTU welcomes Greens’ commitment to unions and good employment law
    30 Jan 2011 - 14:00

    CTU President Helen Kelly today welcomed the commitment by the Greens to recognising the importance of unions, a fair minimum wage, and good employment law. In his speech to the Greens conference today, co-leader Russel Norman acknowledged that “unions are central to economic success”.

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  • Fight against unfair employment laws does not stop here
    24 Nov 2010 - 12:41

    Unions will not let up in their campaign against National's unfair and regressive employment laws, said the CTU today despite the passing of the Employment Relations Act and Holidays Act Amendment Bills in Parliament.

    CTU President Helen Kelly said: "Unions are not sitting back in defeat at this moment.

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