The NZCTU opposes the Employment Relations Amendment Bill 2025 (the Bill) in the strongest possible terms.The Bill is nothing more than a ‘multi-pronged’ attack on… Read More »Submission on the Employment Relations Amendment Bill
Minister for Workplace Relations Brooke van Velden’s Employment Relations Amendment Bill has passed its first reading. If it becomes law, it would seriously undermine workers’… Read More »Submission guide | Employment Relations Amendment Bill 2025
The New Zealand Council of Trade Unions Te Kauae Kaimahi is urging all political parties to vote against Brooke van Velden’s new Employment Relations Amendment… Read More »Radical employment bill threatens every NZ worker
The NZCTU strongly opposes the Employment Relations (Termination of Employment by Agreement) Amendment Bill 2025 (the Bill). The possibility of terminating employment in a mutually… Read More »Submission on Employment Relations (Termination of Employment by Agreement) Amendment Bill
The NZCTU Te Kauae Kaimahi is dismayed that Minister for Workplace Relations and Safety Brooke van Velden has launched another attack on workers’ rights by… Read More »Brooke van Velden ramps up her war on working people
The NZCTU strongly supports the Employment Relations (Employee Remuneration Disclosure) Amendment Bill. This Bill represents a positive step towards addressing serious issues around unlawful disparities… Read More »Employment Relations (Employee Remuneration Disclosure) Amendment Bill
NZCTU Te Kauae Kaimahi President Richard Wagstaff is sounding the alarm about the latest attack on workers from Minister of Workplace Relations and Safety Brooke… Read More »Brooke van Velden completely undermines personal grievance system
The NZCTU strongly opposes the Employment Relations (Pay Deductions for Partial Strikes) Amendment Bill (the Bill). It is a clumsily drafted and punitive piece of… Read More »Submission: Employment Relations (Pay Deductions for Partial Strikes) Amendment Bill
NZCTU Te Kauae Kaimahi Acting President Rachel Mackintosh is calling on political parties to vote down Brooke van Velden’s Employment Relations (Pay Deductions for Partial… Read More »NZCTU urges political parties to vote down extreme anti-worker bill
“The Government’s plan to remove unjustified dismissal protections from workers earning over $180,000 shows a concerning lack of leadership from Prime Minister Christopher Luxon, who… Read More »Luxon surrenders worker protections to ACT Party
NZCTU President Richard Wagstaff is calling on the Government to reconsider its decision to progress Brooke van Velden’s new Employment Relations Amendment Bill, which would… Read More »National and NZ First urged to block ACT’s anti-worker agenda
