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The political centre has moved, someone should tell the strategists.
Written By: nickkelly - Date published: 9:39 am, July 2nd, 2024
... ; raising the minimum wage, banning zero-hours contracts, improving sick pay provisions and requiring employers to issue contracts which reflect actual hours worked with compensation for cancelled ... and events which once took hours or days to be reported ...
Categories: Austerity, telecommunications, uk politics, Unions, workers' rights
Tags: employment,labour,nick kelly,strategy,tax,the centre,tory,triangulationComment: Open mike 07/06/2024
Written By: Mike the Lefty - Date published: 9:49 am, June 7th, 2024
... of what we call now "zero hours contracts". Leopards do not change their ...Comment: Bene bashing 6.0
Written By: Descendant Of Smith - Date published: 12:00 am, February 21st, 2024
... slashed from the minimum 30 hours a week, and be put on zero hour contracts with everyone else. Treen said taking away guaranteed hours was as much about controlling ...Comment: Alex Foulkes To Stand For Green Party Co-Leader
Written By: Muttonbird - Date published: 1:25 pm, February 11th, 2024
... when the last government abolished zero hour contracts, abolished 90 day trials, introduced ...Comment: Daily review 11/12/2023
Written By: bwaghorn - Date published: 8:03 pm, December 11th, 2023
Are they bringing back the hideous zero hour contract, ??Comment: Pagani and Edwards do not understand the working class
Written By: Thinker - Date published: 2:02 pm, November 1st, 2023
... stands for such things as zero-hour contracts, a low-wage economy, for ...Comment: Daily review 15/08/2023
Written By: gsays - Date published: 4:47 pm, August 16th, 2023
... see if it sounds right. Zero hour contracts may be gone in principle ...Comment: Daily review 15/08/2023
Written By: Muttonbird - Date published: 1:37 pm, August 16th, 2023
... parental leave for workers. Abolished zero hour contracts and introduced FPAs for workers. ...Comment: Open mike 16/07/2023
Written By: tWiggle - Date published: 10:11 pm, July 16th, 2023
... ACC, gig-economy jobs with zero hours. NACT are creaming their knickers thinking of all the kickbacks they'll get putting those contracts in place. [Please correct the ...Comment: Open mike 27/01/2023
Written By: tWiggle - Date published: 12:18 pm, January 27th, 2023
... the employers of workers on zero-hours contracts and under-paid jobs. Readers, ...Comment: The Zelensky Dump
Written By: Jenny are we there yet - Date published: 10:04 am, December 14th, 2022
... Tuesday, MPs voted to legalise “zero-hours contracts” and made moves towards removing ...Comment: Labour poised to resolve housing supply crisis
Written By: swordfish - Date published: 4:56 pm, August 25th, 2022
... multi-hour explosions, usually through the early hours of the morning - both inside ... ... he faces zero consequences for his behaviour so why the hell should he stop. Basically, the Govt has destroyed the social contract with its tacit 'No Eviction' ...Comment: Open mike 06/06/2022
Written By: Belladonna - Date published: 11:14 am, June 6th, 2022
... - especially one of the typical zero hours contracts, that Teens so often get - ...Comment: Open mike 21/05/2022
Written By: KJT - Date published: 12:44 pm, May 22nd, 2022
... the effects of the employment contracts act impoverished communities and put many if them out of work. As for a recent success of Unions. I already mentioned ETU success with zero hours and fast food workers.Comment: Open mike 21/05/2022
Written By: KJT - Date published: 6:47 am, May 22nd, 2022
... never effectively Unionised. The employment contracts Act removal of most Unions ... in Unionising and fighting against zero hour contracts and low wages, for fast ...Comment: Luxon’s triple backward summersault on Labour Day
Written By: Mike the Lefty - Date published: 1:21 pm, April 21st, 2022
... , permanent part-time, on-call, contracted out, zero hours, weekends and more. But that ...
Chloe Swarbrick Needs A Reset
Written By: advantage - Date published: 11:01 am, February 10th, 2022
... getting paid by the hour. Most diners were flown in ... globe, using people working precariat contracts doing 60 hours a week on minimum wage ... is over $10 an hour, cycling remains terminally unsafe, no ... They won’t. They have zero money left for anything. The ...
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Tags:Comment: Labour has overseen massive inequality increase – Bernard Hickey
Written By: Nic the NZer - Date published: 11:42 pm, January 27th, 2022
... work. But I do think zero hour style contracts would end with a job ...Comment: New Zealand moving Green
Written By: Gezza - Date published: 11:02 pm, December 14th, 2021
And just a correction, National finally agreed to ban zero hour contracts after it became evident there was too much public opposition to them. Previously they'd pretty much ignored them, IIRC.Comment: New Zealand moving Green
Written By: Gezza - Date published: 10:53 pm, December 14th, 2021
🙄 *zero hour contract legislationComment: New Zealand moving Green
Written By: Gezza - Date published: 10:51 pm, December 14th, 2021
... the leadership, & National's dumping of zero hour contract negotiations when polls showed too ...Comment: Jacinda Ardern’s speech to the Labour Conference
Written By: Patricia Bremner - Date published: 10:38 pm, November 7th, 2021
Yes Sabine in 1999 we had zero hour contracts.Comment: About the public service pay freeze
Written By: Descendant Of Smith - Date published: 10:33 am, May 6th, 2021
... of the ones they have zero interest in 1. 8 hour working day, 40 hour working week 2. Giving workers ... respond by only negotiating annual contracts while the freeze is on ...Comment: Daily review 14/04/2021
Written By: gsays - Date published: 7:11 pm, April 14th, 2021
I kinda have a bit of empathy for the worker, more if they are doing it on the minimum wage, lots if they were employed casually or on a zero hour contract.Comment: Open mike 14/04/2021
Written By: Rosemary McDonald - Date published: 3:21 pm, April 14th, 2021
... security companies workers are on Zero hours contracts on a minimum wage.So ...Comment: Open mike 14/04/2021
Written By: Tricledrown - Date published: 2:05 pm, April 14th, 2021
... security companies workers are on Zero hours contracts on a minimum wage.So ...Comment: What now for Judith?
Written By: Shanreagh - Date published: 12:07 pm, December 9th, 2020
... to play fast & loose eg zero hour contracts, ludicrous split shifts. A quick ...Comment: Open mike 19/08/2020
Written By: Tricledrown - Date published: 8:43 pm, August 19th, 2020
Those security companies are all a joke minimum wage poorly organized Zero hour contracts poor training hiring dodgy people.Comment: Trade Unionism: Does it have a future
Written By: Tiger Mountain - Date published: 12:42 pm, July 28th, 2020
... the 1991 Employment Contracts Act particularly, institutional memory of collectivism has gradually slipped away in many sectors–and never much appeared in the digital economy. There are happy exceptions like fast food, battle over Zero Hours etc. But as ...Trade Unionism: Does it have a future
Written By: nickkelly - Date published: 10:36 pm, July 27th, 2020
... who put their staff on zero-hour contracts despite the fact these workers ... were given regular work rosters each week. But there are plenty of examples of industries where variable hours are necessary such as ...
Categories: health and safety, Living Wage, minimum wage, Unions, workers' rights
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David Seymour is pouring $10 million into charter schools that only have 215 students enrolled. ...3 days ago
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Families already stretched by rising costs will struggle with the news food prices are going up again. ...4 days ago
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The Government’s proposal to change driver licensing rules is a mixed bag of sensible and careless. ...5 days ago
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The Government is continuing to sit on its hands as students struggle to pay rent due to delays with StudyLink. ...1 week ago
- Release: More must be done to stop children going hungry
More children are going hungry and statistics showing children in material hardship continue to get worse. ...1 week ago
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- Release: Longer wait for treatment under National
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Today, Te Pāti Māori join the motu in celebration as the Treaty Principles Bill is voted down at its second reading. “From the beginning, this Bill was never welcome in this House,” said Te Pāti Māori Co-Leader, Rawiri Waititi. “Our response to the first reading was one of protest: protesting ...1 week ago
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Normally, when I rise in this House to speak on a bill, I say it's a great privilege to speak on the bill. That is not the case today. ...1 week ago
- Release: End to the Treaty Principles Bill, but challenges remain ahead for Aotearoa
Ka mate te pire I te rā neiThe bill dies today ...1 week ago
- Ka mate te Pire, ka ora Te Tiriti o Waitangi – Treaty Principles Bill dead, Te Tiriti o Waitangi m...
The Green Party is proud to have voted down the Coalition Government’s Treaty Principles Bill, an archaic piece of legislation that sought to attack the nation’s founding agreement. ...1 week ago
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- Release: Bill to make trading laws fairer passes first hurdle
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- Release: Reserve Bank acts while Govt shrugs
Nicola Willis continues to sit on her hands amid a global economic crisis, leaving the Reserve Bank to act for New Zealanders who are worried about their jobs, mortgages, and KiwiSaver. ...1 week ago
- Release: Property Law Amendment Bill pulled from ballot
A Bill to protect first home buyers and others from bad faith property vendors has been drawn from the Member’s Ballot. ...1 week ago
- Release: More children at risk of losing family connections
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- Release: David Parker made a difference – Hipkins
The Labour Leader today acknowledged and celebrated David Parker’s 23-year contribution to the Labour Party and to Parliament. ...2 weeks ago
- Release: David Parker to step down from Parliament
Long-serving Labour MP and former Minister David Parker has today announced his intention to leave Parliament. ...2 weeks ago
- Release: Flaws in Govt’s climate strategy will cost us money
The Government’s plan to achieve our climate goals falls short, and will cost New Zealanders money and jobs. ...2 weeks ago
- Green Party differing view on the Treaty Principles Bill
Read the Green Party's differing view on the Treaty Principles Bill, prepared by Tamatha Paul. ...2 weeks ago
- Te Pāti Māori Urges Governor-General to Block Repeal of 7AA
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- Release: Govt guts Kāinga Ora, third of workforce under axe
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- Release: Thousands of submissions excluded from Treaty Principles Bill report
Thousands of New Zealanders’ submissions are missing from the official parliamentary record because the National-dominated Justice Select Committee has rushed work on the Treaty Principles Bill. ...2 weeks ago
- Release: Uncertainty remains over the impact of tariffs
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- Release: Worst February for building consents in over a decade
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- Release: Labour supports Willie Apiata’s selfless act
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- Te Pāti Māori MPs Denied Fundamental Rights in Privileges Committee Hearing
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- Release: Govt health and safety changes put workers at risk
Changes to New Zealand’s health and safety laws will strip back key protections for small businesses and put working Kiwis at greater risk. ...3 weeks ago
- Release: Kiwis worse off this April thanks to Govt choices
April 1 used to be a day when workers could count on a pay rise with stronger support for those doing it tough, but that’s not the case under this Government. ...3 weeks ago
- Release: Three more years for Interislander ferries
Winston Peters is shopping for smaller ferries after Nicola Willis torpedoed the original deal, which would have delivered new rail enabled ferries next year. ...3 weeks ago
- Release: Myanmar junta must stop the airstrikes
The Government should work with other countries to press the Myanmar military regime to stop its bombing campaign especially while the country recovers from the devastating earthquake. ...3 weeks ago
- Release: National failing to deliver on supermarkets
National is paying lip service to its promises to bring down the cost of living, failing to make any meaningful change in the grocery sector. ...3 weeks ago
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- Google loses online ad monopoly case. But it’s just one of many antitrust battles against big tech
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More than three quarters of recent school leavers said they didn't learn enough about consent. ...1 day ago
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Monique Croon says energy and shipping decisions are needed before a meatworks supported by the government can proceed. ...1 day ago
- Watch live: the 2025 NZ Scrabble Masters
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- Bestselling books at Easter
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- Why do scientists want to spend billions on a 70-year project in an enormous tunnel under the Swiss ...
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- Could you accidentally sign a contract by texting an emoji? Here’s what the law says
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- Why healthy eating may be the best way to reduce food waste
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- Government Takes Fight Against Poverty To People In Poverty
Pushing people off income support doesn’t make the job market fairer or more accessible. It just assumes success is possible while unemployment rises and support systems become harder to navigate. ...2 days ago - The Boy in the Water update: Coroner to release findings
A year since the inquest into the death of Gore three-year-old Lachlan Jones began and the Coroner has completed his provisional findings. Interested parties have been provided with a copy of Coroner Ho’s provisional findings and have until May 16 to respond.The Coroner has indicated the final decision will be delivered on June 3 in Invercargill, citing high ...2 days ago
- Why can’t I keep still after intense exercise?
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ken Nosaka, Professor of Exercise and Sports Science, Edith Cowan University Drazen Zigic/Shutterstock Do you ever feel like you can’t stop moving after you’ve pushed yourself exercising? Maybe you find yourself walking around in circles when you come off the pitch, ...2 days ago
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- Hone Harawira criticises former Te Pāti Māori candidate Pere Huriwai-Seger for confronting Casey C...
The activist and MP has criticised Pere Huriwai-Seger, who ran on list in 2023, after an exchange with the NZ First MP. ...2 days ago
- How to tackle the ‘gender play gap’: 4 ways to encourage young women back into sport
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