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This Regulatory Impact Statement has been prepared by the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment and the Ministry for Women. It provides an analysis of proposals to address the misalignment between the existing pay equity regime in the Equal Pay Act 1972, and the employment relations framework in the Employment Relations Act 2000
PDF, 7.9MB, 35 pages
Seeking Cabinet's agreement to amend the Employment Relations Act 2000 to restore key minimum standards and protections for employees, as well as a suite of changes to promote and strengthen collective bargaining and union rights in the workplace.
PDF, 316KB, 18 pages
Seeks approval to introduce an Employment Relations Amendment Bill, and asks for cabinet approval for oustanding issues around the 90 day trial, union access to workplaces, employees' choice of employment agreement, and transitional arrangements.
PDF, 129KB, 10 pages
Agreement to amend the Employment Relations Act 2000 relating to the Government's 100-day commitment to improve fairness in the workplace.
PDF, 338KB, 46 pages
Objectives, parameters, and scope for the Film Industry Working Group, focusing on restoring the right of workers in the industry to collectively bargain, without necessarily changing the status of those who wish to continue working as individual contractors.
PDF, 164KB, 2 pages
Further proposals to amend the Employment Relations Act 2000 relating to the Government's 100-day commitment to improve fairness in the workplace.
PDF, 260KB, 21 pages
Seeking approval to introduce the draft Employment Relations Amendment Bill to the House.
PDF, 199KB, 11 pages
Briefing seeking agreement of proposed approach for implementing the workplace relations commitments from Government's policy and coalition agreements relating to the 100-day commitment.
PDF, 370KB, 16 pages
Provides analysis of options to clarify labour inspectors' ability to exercise their investigative powers (powers to enter premises, interview people and obtain relevant documents) to find out if workers are employees and therefore in scope of the protections of the employment legislation.
PDF, 189KB, 10 pages
Recommendations of the Joint Working Group on Pay Equity Principles
PDF, 2MB, 10 pages
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