Election 2023 - Industrial Relations Policy
Act
Spokesperson:
Chris Baillie
Link to
policy here
.
Chris Baillie
- Ensure there is a written agreement where a person is specified as an independent contractor and will not have access to full employee rights.
- Ensure a person was given sufficient information and an adequate opportunity to seek advice before entering into a contract.
- The agreement does not restrict the person from performing services or work for other businesses or undertakings, including competitors, or engaging in any other lawful occupation or work.
- The business or undertaking cannot terminate the contract of the person for not accepting a specific task as a contractor.
- The business or undertaking has kept records in sufficient detail to demonstrate that the employer has complied with minimum entitlement provisions.
- See more here
Green Party
Spokesperson:
Jan Logie
Link to
policy here
.
Jan Logie
- The Crown can and should set best practice employment standards through its role as New Zealand’s largest employer.
- Introduce a new framework for state sector collective bargaining, promoting a more consistent and fair approach to employment protections across the public sector.
- Ensure state sector employees are meaningfully involved in decisions about restructuring that would affect them and their work.
- Adopt robust policies for workplace non-discrimination in hiring and promotion across the broader state sector.
- Ensure all workplaces are fully accessible for disabled employees.
- Promote work life balance for state sector employees, including higher staffing levels in sectors where shift work is required or where the nature of the work creates a risk of burnout..
- Ensure state funding for the community sector is sufficient to promote fair wages and safe staffing levels, acknowledging the social value of this work and a lack of other funding sources.
- Phase in five weeks annual leave, implement the Holidays Act Taskforce recommendations, ensure bereavement leave entitlements are culturally appropriate for all New Zealanders and acknowledge the particular significance of tangihanga for Māori.
- Read more here
Labour
Spokesperson:
Not yet available on their website.
National
Spokesperson:
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New Zealand First
Spokesperson:
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TOP
Spokesperson:
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Te Pāti Māori
Spokesperson:
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