Overhauled labour laws aim to provide industry-wide coverage for poorly paid workers, but over time there is scope for any number of sectors to be captured.
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The Ardern government has wound back the clock and is re-regulating the New Zealand labour market, massively empowering the union movement and in doing so, laying the foundations for the country’s very own industrial relations club.
The new industrial instruments, called Fair Pay Agreements, are expected to be legislated by the end of the year.
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Original URL: https://www.afr.com/policy/economy/nz-goes-back-to-the-70s-with-new-industrial-relations-club-20210507-p57ptq
