Okay. Let’s take a look at the proposed Employment Protection Insurance, dangled like a carrot at middle New Zealand by the benevolent Grant Robertson while reading the 2021 Budget. On the face of it, such a scheme would have a couple of major benefits. The first is that those
It seems that its large majority, won at the last election, has gone to Labour’s head. On election night, Jacinda Ardern promised to govern for all New Zealanders. After all, she was well aware that many people who normally voted National had given her government a resounding second term.
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James McDowall ACT’s immigration spokesperson Economic Development Minister Stuart Nash must have been away with the fairies when he insulted employers who take migrant workers. This morning, speaking on Newstalk ZB, Mr Nash said: “We just can’t keep relying on overseas workers without trying to attract Kiwis in
Listen, New Zealand: I know we’re sibling rivals and all, but, jeez, you lot can be precious sometimes. You know, we let you win the rugby because it’s a sport hardly anyone in Australia actually cares about. (Instead of copying the Poms and buggering each other as a
David Seymour ACT Leader Business. I just wanted to get in early. Grant Robertson almost completely forgot to mention business in both his pre-Budget speeches. I didn’t want to risk the same mistake. Welcome thank you to Price Waterhouse Cooper and the Wellington Chamber of Commerce for hosting us
David Seymour ACT Leader Jacinda Ardern’s reasoning for forcing undemocratic union contracts on people who don’t want any part of them just doesn’t add up. The Government originally said only one or two industries would be affected by this policy, then in Parliament today Ardern said three
rt.com Walt Disney Co. has reportedly joined corporate America’s rush toward critical race theory, teaching staff that America is rooted in “systemic racism” and that white employees must show special deference to their black colleagues. Disney training materials obtained by journalist Christopher Rufo include a program called “Reimagine
The government last week made two announcements that sent two completely different messages about workers’ rights. Their first announcement was a pay freeze across the public service. It was an announcement that most would expect to come from a conservative government. The only sign that it wasn’t from a
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David Seymour ACT Leader Compulsory unionism is undemocratic, will be a wrecking ball on the economy, and doesn’t solve any identified problem. Today’s proposal is far more radical than anything the Government has proposed before. It said it would initially be ‘one or two industries.’ Today’s proposal
Labour’s so-called Fair Pay Agreements are an ideologically-driven project without any sound analytical basis, National’s Workplace Relations spokesperson Scott Simpson says. “It is acknowledged in the Cabinet Paper that the FPA could lead directly to businesses having to cut costs by reducing staff numbers and hours or even
