Employers could reduce pay proportionally or by 10%.
Summarised by Centrist
Workplace Relations Minister Brooke van Velden announced plans to reinstate pay deductions for partial strikes, where employees perform some work while striking. Employers could reduce pay proportionally or by 10%, with advance notice to workers. Van Velden argued the move would minimise public disruption and hasten negotiations. The Greens condemned the proposal as “draconian,” claiming it undermines workers’ rights and favours employers over fair labour practices.
The Advertising Standards Authority became involved after a voter complained that National was misleading people by claiming Labour’s proposed capital gains tax would hit small businesses and KiwiSaver.
Green MP Tamatha Paul physically pushed back an attendee and repeatedly ordered him to “get out” as he attempted to question former health minister Ayesha Verrall following a Wellington candidates’ meeting.
The Electoral Commission has used the Green Party’s election slogan, “For all of us”, in an official enrolment advertisement, then dismissed concerns about political neutrality by calling it a “common phrase”.
Police repeatedly withheld information about an Electoral Commission referral involving Te Pāti Māori by saying an investigation was active.
A purchaser may prefer the security of leaving the deposit in trust, while a vendor may need early access to complete a linked purchase. Where both sides are properly informed and voluntarily agree, the state should not make that bargain more difficult.
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