Nicola Willis has proposed new procurement rules that unions say will lead to pay cuts for already low-paid workers in cleaning, catering and security services that are contracted by government. The Crimes (Theft by Employer) Amendment Bill passed its third reading with support from all the opposition parties and NZ First.
Union coverage
- CTU: NZCTU voices disapproval with the Government scrapping living wage contract rules
- E tū: Cleaner hits out at Willis’ plan to scrap Living Wage for new contracts
- E tū: Nicola Willis plans to scrap sweep of procurement rules
Employment
- ‘Theft is theft’ – Bill making employers theft of workers’ wages a crime passes
- Teens planning to go into trades deserve better deal from school system, career advisors say
- Wāhine plumber hopes more women enter trades this World Plumbers’ Day
- NZ labour market will hit rock bottom soon: Seek economist
- Winston Peters to ‘fix’ MFAT job listing for tikanga lead
Politics
- Parliament brings electronically-monitored bail law into line with practice
- Master Electricians’ warning on the Right to Repair Bill
- Relationship and sex ed guidelines removed by Education Ministry
- Peters denies NZ First’s constitution has same diversity requirements as public service
- Erica Stanford and David Seymour meet over free school lunches programme fiasco
- Court wildlife ruling hangs over PM’s investment summit
- What’s on the table at the government’s infrastructure summit
Te Ao Māori
- Māori educators concerned by proposal to axe funding for resource teachers
- Labour’s Peeni Henare apologetic but stands by haka during Treaty Principles Bill’s debate
Economics
- Renters face record pressure
- Tax reforms needed to bolster economic growth – IMF report
- US trading partners hit back on Trump’s steel, aluminium tariffs