This submission to the TEC outlines the NZCTU’s concerns about the ongoing reforms to vocational education and training, and our views on the coverage and… Read More »Submission on Industry Skills Boards’ Coverage
Trade agreements can be a useful tool in strengthening New Zealand’s economic performance, but they must be well designed. This means ensuring they deliver genuine… Read More »Submission on the United Arab Emirates Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement Legislation Amendment Bill
It is possible that a 4-year term could strike a better balance between ensuring government is able to pass quality legislation while also being sufficiently… Read More »Submission on the Term of Parliament (Enabling 4-year Term) Legislation Amendment Bill
This submission focuses on the labour provisions the NZCTU views as necessary in any preferential trade agreement with India. Our view that preferential trade agreements… Read More »Submission on potential FTA with India
The NZCTU strongly supports the OPC’s decision to issue a code of practice for biometric processing. Our view is that the draft code currently being… Read More »Submission on the Draft Biometric Processing Privacy Code
The NZCTU remains strongly committed to banning engineered stone in New Zealand and implementing better occupational health protections for all workers working with silica-containing materials.… Read More »Feedback on work with engineered stone and materials containing crystalline silica
The NZCTU remains concerned that the current reform process has been rushed, requiring submitters to respond to proposals that are severely lacking in detail. To… Read More »Submission on the Future of Work-based Learning
The NZCTU strongly supports the Employment Relations (Employee Remuneration Disclosure) Amendment Bill. This Bill represents a positive step towards addressing serious issues around unlawful disparities… Read More »Employment Relations (Employee Remuneration Disclosure) Amendment Bill
The NZCTU strongly opposes the Employment Relations (Pay Deductions for Partial Strikes) Amendment Bill (the Bill). It is a clumsily drafted and punitive piece of… Read More »Submission: Employment Relations (Pay Deductions for Partial Strikes) Amendment Bill
The NZCTU supports a strengthening of the Commerce Act 1986. We have seen a general trend of market consolidation across multiple sectors of the New… Read More »Submission on the Targeted Review of the Commerce Act 1986
We are concerned that the Amendment Bill, as proposed, could impair the operations and legitimate interests of the NZ Trade Union movement. It is also… Read More »Submission on Crimes (Countering Foreign Interference) Amendment Bill
The NZCTU recommends that no further work on the Regulatory Standards Bill is undertaken. The proposed Bill, like its predecessors, is designed to reduce the… Read More »Submission on Proposed Regulatory Standards Bill