fire at will Archive

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  Say “No” to further erosion of employment rights

  
  
  
  Brace yourselves for the next attack on employment rights by the National-led Government. A discussion document released by Labour Minister Kate Wilkinson doesn’t look pretty for workers. read more
  March 2, 2010 5:16 pm - 17 Comments
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  Sue Bradford on the “Fire at Will” Bill

  
  
  
  Sue speaks in the House about the ambiguity in the new 90 day fire at will bill that may prevent fired workers from accessing the dole, despite National’s assurances that this was not their intent: It is this sort of ambiguity that would have been picked up and corrected at a select committee. Ramming this through [...] read more
  December 15, 2008 12:03 pm - 74 Comments
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  Greens make bills available if Nats won’t

  
  
  
  I’ve only just realised, after enquiries with the Parliamentary Library, that even though the Nats made the bills being discussed under urgency available in printed form at about 11.35pm last night, they were not being made available in electronic form. How on earth can the public engage in the discussion if they can’t get access to [...] read more
  December 11, 2008 5:06 pm - 44 Comments
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  Nats hit new democratic low

  
  
  
  Sitting in the House. Gerry Brownlee has just told the House that he has the bills that are to be debated under urgency but he won’t table them. What this means is that MPs are going to have to vote and debate bills they will not see until it is tabled. This gives the first opposition [...] read more
  December 10, 2008 11:27 pm - 16 Comments