Employment Relations

Cover of NZCTU Submission Draft Biometric Processing Privacy Code

Submission on the Draft Biometric Processing Privacy Code

March 19, 2025March 19, 2025

The NZCTU strongly supports the OPC’s decision to issue a code of practice for biometric processing. Our view is that the draft code currently being… Read More »Submission on the Draft Biometric Processing Privacy Code

Media Release: Citizen’s arrest powers will put workers in harm's way Good employers don’t put workers’ lives at risk to save a few dollars. If the proposed changes to citizen’s arrests laws are any indication of what is to come, there will be serious implications for worker safety and employment rights in pursuit of minor savings for retailers Richard Wagstaff, NZCTU TE Kauae Kaimahi President

Citizen’s arrest powers will put workers in harm’s way

February 26, 2025February 26, 2025

The Government’s announcement to change citizen’s arrest powers shows workers will bear the brunt of their lack of a plan to deal with retail crime,… Read More »Citizen’s arrest powers will put workers in harm’s way

Media release: NZCTU welcomes passage of wage theft bill Theft is theft. It’s past time that the legal system recognises that ‘theft by employer’ is every bit as serious and criminal as any other type of theft. We are thrilled that this Bill is making its way through the House and looks set to become law. Richard Wagstaff, NZCTU President

NZCTU welcomes passage of wage theft bill

February 20, 2025February 20, 2025

The Crimes (Theft by Employer) Amendment Bill passing committee stage in the House is a win for workers, said NZCTU Te Kauae Kaimahi President Richard… Read More »NZCTU welcomes passage of wage theft bill

Employment Relations (Employee Renumeration Disclosure) Amendment Bill Cover

Employment Relations (Employee Remuneration Disclosure) Amendment Bill

February 17, 2025February 17, 2025

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

Media release. OJI needs to work with government and unions before closure. There is an opportunity here for a better outcome at Kinleith. One that would deliver more jobs, and brighter economic development for the region. We need to make that happen for the benefit of workers, the community and the regional manufacturing sector. Richard Wagstaff, NZCTU President

OJI needs to work with government and unions before closure

February 14, 2025February 14, 2025

NZCTU Te Kauae Kaimahi President Richard Wagstaff has called on OJI Fibre Solutions to work with the government, unions, and the community before closing the… Read More »OJI needs to work with government and unions before closure

Media Release: Brooke van Velden completely undermines personal grievance system. Unions, workers, and the community must come together and fight back against Brooke van Velden’s radical workplace relations agenda. We will not accept her repeated attempts to dismantle workers’ rights in this country. Richard Wagstaff, NZCTU President

Brooke van Velden completely undermines personal grievance system

February 14, 2025February 14, 2025

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

Rachel Mackintosh on Holidays Act reforms

Six years of work wasted – Holidays Act reform now years away

December 13, 2024December 13, 2024

Brooke van Velden has wasted six years of work from businesses, unions, and government by binning planned Holidays Act reforms, said Acting CTU President Rachel… Read More »Six years of work wasted – Holidays Act reform now years away

NZCTU Submission on the NZ Post Deed of Understanding 2024 Review

Submission on the NZ Post Deed of Understanding 2024 review

December 10, 2024December 10, 2024

Postal services enable individuals, businesses, and communities to build and maintain social connections, and to participate economically, culturally, and politically. The NZCTU is concerned that… Read More »Submission on the NZ Post Deed of Understanding 2024 review

Enabling pay deductions for partial strike action is bad lawmaking and will have the opposite effect of what the Minister is claiming to achieve through this law change. Allowing employers to deduct wages for partial strikes allows for the intimidation of workers and may mean that partial strike action will be abandoned, forcing workers to fully withdraw labour, which will escalate disputes.

NZCTU urges political parties to vote down extreme anti-worker bill

December 10, 2024December 10, 2024

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 Prime Minister and his cabinet continue to demonstrate that they are governing only for employers and couldn’t care less about the people who get up every day and go to work to keep this country running.

Government’s personal grievance changes will empower bad employers

December 4, 2024December 4, 2024

NZCTU Te Kauae Kaimahi Acting President Rachel Mackintosh is saying that the Government’s proposal to further weight the scales in favour of employers in personal… Read More »Government’s personal grievance changes will empower bad employers

Media release: Employment Relations (Termination of Employment by Agreement) Amendment Bill This Bill would be a major backwards step. It is an attack on the rights of working people and makes it less likely that workers will be treated with fairness and respect in their relationships with employers.

Government must vote down ACT Members Bill that would undermine workers’ rights

November 14, 2024November 14, 2024

NZCTU Te Kauae Kaimahi President Richard Wagstaff is calling on the Government to vote down an ACT Party Members Bill that would undermine workers’ rights… Read More »Government must vote down ACT Members Bill that would undermine workers’ rights

Brooke van Velden's attempt to block contractors from challenging their employment status in the courts represents the biggest attack on workers’ rights since the early 1990s and would open the floodgates to worker exploitation across Aotearoa.

NZCTU condemns contractor reform as fundamental attack on workers’ rights

June 25, 2024June 25, 2024

NZCTU Te Kauae Kaimahi President Richard Wagstaff is condemning a proposed change to employment law as a deplorable attack on workers’ rights. Minister for Workplace… Read More »NZCTU condemns contractor reform as fundamental attack on workers’ rights

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