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NZ living costs stall talks on new contractor test

New Zealand Labour Prime Minister Chris Hipkins has deferred public consultation on a new test to determine who is a contractor and who is an employee, as he seeks to concentrate on cost-of-living issues in lead-up to an expected October election.

Kiwis pass industry-wide bargaining laws

New Zealand's Ardern Labour Government is preparing for the introduction of occupational and industry-wide bargaining from December 1 after the passage of the landmark Fair Pay Agreements Bill last week.

Curb employer wage-setting power: OECD

Teleworking, retraining and enhanced collective bargaining could lift pay growth that has been constrained by Australia's relatively "monopsonistic" labour market that gives a few dominant employers the upper hand in wage-setting, according to the OECD.

Labor Government backs NZ's sectoral model at ILO

The Albanese Government did not take a policy favouring industry or sectoral bargaining to the May 21 election, but it has expressed support for New Zealand's model during official discussions this month at the International Labour Organisation.

NZ government moves on industry-wide bargaining

New Zealand's Ardern Labour Government has introduced legislation to enable occupational and industry-wide bargaining where unions can demonstrate worker support, or it passes a public interest test.

NZ's Fair Pay Agreements "biggest change in decades"

New Zealand's Ardern Labour Government is drafting legislation to overhaul its IR system and introduce occupation and industry-wide bargaining where unions can demonstrate support or it passes a public interest test, but businesses say its "compulsory" nature breaches international law.

New gender pay equity laws for New Zealand

New Zealand has passed ground-breaking legislation that creates a new process for making pay equity claims in female-dominated industries.


Combination of five factors adds up to exceptional circumstances: FWC

The FWC has granted a two-day extension for an aged care worker to file her unlawful dismissal claim after finding the combined circumstances - including the Christmas Eve deadline, her worsening bipolar disorder symptoms and the anniversary of her mother's death - to be exceptional.