E tū is condemning the Government’s new employment law proposals as the worst attack on workers’ rights in a generation, warning they will entrench low pay and precarious work across many industries.
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E tu
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All workers will be in the firing line for instant dismissal regardless of circumstances under a law change now before Parliament.
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PSA
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BusinessNZ supports the introduction of the Employment Relations Amendment Bill, saying the changes will have a positive impact across New Zealand’s economy.
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Business NZ
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Drug use in New Zealand is on the rise - particularly the use of methamphetamine - and the implications for workplace safety and productivity are serious.
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Resultz Group
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The 2025 New Zealand Careers Expo season has officially begun, launching this week in Christchurch with hundreds of ‘careers-curious’ rangatahi and job seekers through the doors of Wolfbrook Arena.
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Raise Communications
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E tū is slamming the Government’s announcement that it will make it harder for workers to claim pay equity, describing it as an attack on women and a green light to pay them less for work of equal value.
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E tu
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Changes by the Government to make pay equity claims harder to lodge and resolve are an attack on women, New Zealand Nurses Organisation Tōpūtanga Tapuhi Kaitiaki o Aotearoa (NZNO) says.
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New Zealand Nurses Organisation
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The Government’s proposed changes to the Equal Pay Act will severely limit people in female-dominated professions to be paid fairly, said the Public Service Association Te Pūkenga Here Tikanga Mahi (PSA).
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PSA
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BusinessNZ supports amending the pay equity process to make it more transparent, evidence-based, and more able to achieve robust settlements.
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Business NZ
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Home Support workers will hold stop-work meetings tomorrow in response to their employer, Access Community Health, offering them no pay increase and reduced work conditions, despite the company receiving increased government funding.
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PSA
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The restructure of Woolworths supermarkets, announced to staff by the company today following a consultation period, will result in a reduction in income for thousands of experienced workers and should not go ahead in its current form, Workers First Union said today.
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Workers First Union
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Workers First Union members who work for major retailers Briscoes and Rebel Sport have rejected a deal containing pay ‘increases’ below the rising cost of living and have voted to begin strike action today by making their feelings about the "disappointing" pay offer known publicly (a ‘media strike’).
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Workers First Union
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BusinessNZ supports coming changes to employment law to remove unnecessary regulations on employing new staff.
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Business NZ
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The move to greater use of Approved Codes of Practice (ACOPs) as tools for health and safety compliance will allow businesses to confidently mitigate hazards and risks, says the Employers and Manufacturers Association (EMA).
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Employers and Manufacturers Association
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Proposed law changes will bring clarity to the health and safety responsibilities of directors and managers, BusinessNZ says.
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Business NZ
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Changes to the Health and Safety at Work Act remove confusion over the respective roles of managers and directors, says the Employers and Manufacturers Association (EMA).
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Employers and Manufacturers Association
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WorkSafe New Zealand's initiative to recruit up to 60 new health and safety inspectors in 2025 is a positive step towards addressing our alarming rates of workplace harm, says the Employers and Manufacturers Association (EMA).
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Employers and Manufacturers Association
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The pay equity claim for probation officers has gone to the Employment Relations Authority (ERA), four years after it was first lodged.
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PSA
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Workers First Union is pleased to announce that the union has now formally changed its name from ‘FIRST Union’ to ‘Workers First Union’ (or ‘Workers First’, for short) following a vote by delegates at the union’s Annual General Meeting in December 2024.
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First Union
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Strike to begin 28 February with two hour full labour withdrawal 7 March.
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PSA
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Kiwi workers say their employers have elevated workplace flexibility in the form of flexible work hours while the majority of staff return to the office, new independent research by specialised recruiter Robert Half finds.
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Robert Half
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