Employment Relations Amendment Bill Passes First Reading

Employment Relations Amendment Bill Passes First Reading

“This Bill reflects the Government’s commitment to supporting New Zealand businesses and creating more and better opportunities for workers.”

Employment Relations Amendment Bill passes first reading

Workplace Relations and Safety Minister Brooke van Velden welcomes the successful first reading of the Employment Relations Amendment Bill, calling it a major milestone in helping businesses employ and contract with confidence.   The Employment Relations Amendment Bill will now be considered by the Education and Workforce Select Committee where people can have their say on the proposed changes.    “This Bill reflects the Government’s commitment …

Changes announced to the Employment Rights Bill

On 7 July the UK government published significant amendments to the Employment Rights Bill (ERB) to be considered in the final stages of the ERBs parliamentary process.  It is not clear which amendments will make their way into the final version of the Bill, but some have been proposed by Labour peers and are therefore more likely to be included.  The government has also set out its road map for implementing the ERB, including when it will comme…

Employment Rights Bill 'can't come soon enough' | Article, News

UNISON has welcomed the government’s newly published ‘road map’ for the implementation of the Employment Rights Bill (ERB) in Great Britain, adding that its game-changing changes to working lives “can’t come soon enough”. The ERB, which is currently making its way through Parliament, contains a host of beneficial measures that have long been campaigned for by UNISON. They include a ban on exploitative zero hours contracts, the end of unscrupulou…