The CTU strongly supports the legislative intent of this Bill, which is to ensure workers are legally protected against unfair treatment, or the threat of… Read More »Employment Relations (Protections for Kiwisaver Members) Amendment Bill
The CTU’s submission on the ‘Crimes (Theft by Employer) Amendment Bill’ stresses the need for employers who steal from their workers to be held criminally… Read More »Crimes (Theft by Employer) Amendment Bill
Restraint of trade clauses are frequently and unjustifiably imposed on low-income earning workers; these workers often lack the resources to challenge these clauses.
A robust code of practice will help to protect workers from the risks associated with the collection of biometric information in the workplace and to ensure a human-centred future of work.
Together with Fair Pay Agreements in this sector, the proposed legislation should improve Aotearoa New Zealand’s public transport system, which is currently in a parlous… Read More »Land Transport Management (Regulation of Public Transport) Bill, Transport and Infrastructure Committee
Building resilience to persistent supply chain disruptions will be an important part of securing future economic stability and prosperity in Aotearoa New Zealand. The evidence… Read More »Building Economic Resilience Inquiry, New Zealand Productivity Commission
The proposed amendment to the Health and Safety at Work Act remedies a longstanding omission where workers in small businesses did not have the same… Read More »Health and Safety at Work (Health and Safety Representatives and Committees) Amendment Bill
The NZCTU supports a macroeconomic policy approach that places the wellbeing of New Zealanders at its centre. To do this, we need to make full… Read More »Monetary Policy Committee Remit Review
The NZCTU supports the Companies (Directors Duties) Amendment Bill, which will contribute to ensuring workers get a fair deal from the value they provide, and that New Zealanders have access to good work.
The NZCTU supports the Worker Protection (Migrant and Other Employees) Bill, which is intended to improve compliance and enforcement legislation to deter workers from exploiting migrants.
The Productivity Commission’s interim report examines some of the root causes of persistent disadvantage in Aotearoa New Zealand and considers how the public management system… Read More »A Fair Chance for All Interim Report, New Zealand Productivity Commission
FIRST Union, NZCTU, and 350 Aotearoa This report, co-authored by FIRST Union, the NZCTU, and 350 Aotearoa, shows that since the partial privatisation of our… Read More »Generating Scarcity: How the Gentailers Hike Electricity Prices and Halt Decarbonisation