Steven Joyce: There's nothing fair about Fair Pay Agreements

Steven Joyce: There's nothing fair about Fair Pay Agreements
14 May, 2021 05:00 PM
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Workplace Relations Minister Michael Wood. Photo / Alex Burton
NZ Herald
OPINION:
The Government's plan to retro-fit 1970s-style public policy into a 21st century economy took another step in the last week with the announcement that old-fashioned centralised wage bargaining is to reappear after more
than 30 years.
The Orwellian-sounding "Fair Pay Agreements" are a big step backwards. Yes, they have been long-signalled but the announced proposals are far wider in scope than we were previously assured they would be.
At election time the public was told the focus would be on vulnerable workers at risk of experiencing worsening conditions as a result of supply contracts being re-tendered to new companies. For example, in areas like bus driving and cleaning.

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