Submission on the Equal Pay Amendment Bill
The New Zealand Council of Trade Union’s submission to the Education and Workforce Select Committee on the Equal Pay Amendment Bill.
Policy
NZCTU Survey on the Interim Report of the Tax Working Group
In April 2018 the NZCTU commissioned UMR Research to conduct an online survey of New Zealanders about their views around taxation. We shared the results of that survey in our feedback on the Tax Working Group’s “Future of Tax” background paper in May1. In response to the Working Group’s Interim Report, the NZCTU has conducted a further online survey of Together.org.nz supporters to re-test our initial findings and provide specific feedback to a number of particular issues raised by the Interim Report.
Submission on the Tax Working Group’s Interim Report
The tightly-constrained current level of government spending is not consistent with the aspirations of the New Zealand public for health, education, infrastructure, housing affordability, progress towards the carbon-zero goal, reducing inequality, and provision of quality public services in general. Both the 30%-of-GDP target in the Group’s Terms of Reference and the “revenue neutral” suggestion in the Ministers’ letter of 20 September 2018 place higher priority on arbitrary fiscal bright-lines than on the well-being of our people, society and environment.
UK Trade Union Confederation Submission on UK-NZ Trade
A submission to the UK Department of International Trade.
Unsupportable conclusions from NZIER study on the 90-day trial policy
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.
Joint NZCTU, PSA, E tū and NZNO Submission on the Privacy Bill
This is a collaborative submission made on behalf of the NZCTU, PSA Etū an NZNO unions. We support aspects of the improvements in the Privacy… Read More »Joint NZCTU, PSA, E tū and NZNO Submission on the Privacy Bill
Living Standards Dashboard: Monitoring Intergenerational Wellbeing
The current Government and the Finance Minister has said that there is an intention to base Budget 2019 on a Living Standards Framework. We welcome… Read More »Living Standards Dashboard: Monitoring Intergenerational Wellbeing
Consultation on Immigration Settings for International Students
The CTU welcomes the proposed changes as a contribution to eliminating exploitation in the employment of international students and recent graduates on post-study visas. This… Read More »Consultation on Immigration Settings for International Students
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Privacy Bill
This is the NZCTU’s submission to the Justice Select Committee on the Privacy Bill 2018, in collaboration with PSA, NZNO, and E tū. The significant technological advances since the inception of the Privacy Act in 1993 mean this Bill is long-awaited. New Zealand is not alone in recognising the need for change in our privacy laws as evidenced by the fact most privacy laws around the world have been reviewed or updated in the past three years.