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Written By: The Standard - Date published: 3:00 pm, April 1st, 2009 - 14 comments
No Right Turn exposes ineffectual government spin on the fire at will act. The select committee procedure would have improved the bill. Perhaps to the point that it at least lived up to the spin.
Earlier in the month, Minister of Labour Kate Wilkinson warned employers not to abuse their new 90-day fire at will powers, …
Written By: John A - Date published: 9:43 am, December 16th, 2008 - 9 comments
So much for all National’s fine words about probation periods and job creation. Today’s Dominion reports that ReStart will not be available for “those who were sacked, including those who lost their jobs under the new 90-day probation law.”
So the conditions for three months “probation” are that you cannot ask for reasons for dismissal in …
Written By: IrishBill - Date published: 4:08 pm, December 12th, 2008 - 117 comments
Taken a matter of minutes ago, the Workers Party protest outside John Key’s multimillion dollar Parnell mansion. Just to remind you that we’ve just seen a man worth tens of millions of dollars take work rights off a whole bunch of people who earn minimum wage.
In case you’re wondering what they’re holding up, it’s this …
Written By: Tane - Date published: 6:25 pm, December 10th, 2008 - 55 comments
The Manawatu Standard has a good op-ed piece today on how National has squandered its honeymoon with its arrogant and out-of-touch behaviour on the fire at will bill.
The National party rose to power on the back of, among other things, scathing accusations that a supremely arrogant Labour party had “lost touch” with the people.
The criticisms …
Written By: Tane - Date published: 8:46 pm, December 9th, 2008 - 23 comments
Kate Wikinson, John Key’s hapless Minister of Labour, has told NZPA the public shouldn’t get to have their say on the fire at will bill because, apparently, we already had our chance with Wayne Mapp’s private member’s bill back in 2006.
This argument is complete bollocks, and she knows it. Perhaps that’s why she refused to …
Written By: Tane - Date published: 2:20 pm, December 9th, 2008 - 22 comments
National has been working hard to push the idea that its fire at will policy introduces a “probationary period” of employment.
This is not true. The Employment Relations Act already allows for probationary employment periods, it simply requires that workers are given the right to fair process and natural justice.
All National’s proposed legislation would do is …
Written By: Tane - Date published: 1:02 pm, December 9th, 2008 - 16 comments
These ads made by the ACTU to oppose John Howard’s removal of unfair dismissal rights sure bring home what National’s fire at will law will mean for working families. No wonder National wants to curtail any real debate by ramming it through under urgency.
Part two is here.
Written By: Tane - Date published: 11:11 am, December 9th, 2008 - 51 comments
I’ve just been informed that the National/ACT Government has put its 90 day fire at will bill on the Order Paper and could ram it through under urgency as early as tomorrow.
This is frankly an astonishing abuse of our democracy. A piece of legislation that will remove basic work rights from hundreds of thousands of …
Written By: IrishBill - Date published: 9:22 am, December 9th, 2008 - 39 comments
Tracy Watkins reports that the National/Act government will be taking all work rights from anyone in a new job in a firm with 20 staff or less and they’re going to do it under urgency.
I’ve heard that the question of whether to proceed with the bill under urgency was still being hotly debated within National’s …
Written By: Tane - Date published: 2:38 pm, December 8th, 2008 - 50 comments
During this morning’s Nine to Noon politics segment Matthew Hooton was saying how he thought the Government’s 100-day action plan would only include policies signalled prior to the election when he let slip:
“And I’m sure while there will be some complaints about one measure… er… some measures…”
I wonder what that one unpopular measure could be?
Rumours …
Written By: Tane - Date published: 11:37 am, July 8th, 2008 - 8 comments
UPDATE: Thanks to commenter T-Rex for reversing the cartoon to show workers taking a disastrous right turn. Far too much time on your hands brother…
Written By: Tane - Date published: 4:13 pm, July 7th, 2008 - 103 comments
In perhaps the most unsurprising announcement of the year, National has let slip it’s going to maintain its 90 day no rights policy, which basically means your boss can sack you for whatever reason he likes within the first 90 days of your employment.
Don’t be fooled by the spin – there’s already a provision for …
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