All posts tagged "employment"

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  Increase in Pacific worker numbers good for horticulture

  Horticulture New Zealand is pleased Social Development Minister Carmel Sepuloni and Immigration Minister Iain Lees-Galloway have increased the amount of Recognised Seasonal...

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  Horticulture submission not nonsense

  Horticulture New Zealand chief executive Mike Chapman says he was surprised by the attitude of some members of the Education and Workforce...

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  BusinessNZ welcomes micro-credentials

  A micro-credential system introduced by the New Zealand Qualifications Authority will help ensure that New Zealand businesses can access employees with the...

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  Fast Facts

  Employment highest ever for women

  The seasonally adjusted employment rate for women rose to 62.8 percent in the June 2018 quarter, Stats NZ said. This follows an...

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  Minimum wage pushes up private sector pay rates

  The rise in the minimum wage helped lift private sector salary and wage rates 2.1 percent in the June 2018 year, Stats...

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  Young people choose to earn, not learn

  People in their early twenties are more likely to be earning and less likely to be learning, Stats NZ said.

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  Employment Bill an attack on the rights of non-union workers

  The Employment Relations Amendment Bill is an attack on the rights of non-union workers, BusinessNZ says.

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  Employment changes not good for flexibility, productivity

  BusinessNZ says proposed changes to employment law should be carefully scrutinised to ensure the strengths of the current employment relations framework are...

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  Employers want 90-day trial periods to stay

  Employers have repeatedly told the EMA that 90-day trial periods are a valuable and useful asset to have when employing staff and...

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  Employers urged to submit on proposed changes to employment relations

  The EMA is urging business to submit on the Employment Relations Amendment Bill before the close off date of March 30 2018.