Just days after axing Fair Pay Agreements, this Government is once again trampling over people’s working rights by making it possible for bosses to fire new staff without reason.
“Today National has made Aotearoa a more cruel and precarious place for thousands of working people,” says the Green Party’s spokesperson for workplace relations and safety, Teanau Tuiono.
“Building a healthier, more prosperous and better future for Aotearoa means addressing the problem of low-paid and precarious employment.
“Over the last seven days, this Government has done the exact opposite on both.
“Insecure, low paid work can cause stress, anxiety, depression and exhaustion. I find it hard to explain why any government would trap people in these work situations.
“Imagine losing a loved one and knowing that asking for leave to spend time with family could lose you your job. Imagine worrying that getting sick or needing to be home to look after the kids could get you fired.
“There is no evidence to back what this government has done. Evidence released under the last National Government showed 90 day trials had no impact on the number of people hired for jobs.
“The only thing 90 day trials achieve is to make it cheaper and easier for employers to fire people – and that is what this is all about. The relish and speed with which this government has unwound people’s working rights is chilling.
“National, Act and New Zealand First know full well that they are sacrificing the wellbeing of working people on the altar of profit for the wealthy few – and the Greens will call them out every step of the way,” says Teanau Tuiono.
With a shortage of workers in all fields why would any employer fire a good worker it is just not good business sense.The 90 day trail allows business owner the opportunity to give a person chance to prove themselves ,zThis is a good for those who are just out of prison or women coming back into the workforce after taking good time out for child support.
The Greens and similar thinking types seem to think that all bosses are bad and all workers are saints who turn up on time and do a fair days work well neither is true .
I will agree with one thing NZ workers are not protected from bosses and themselves who push the envelope on safety at work and I do not understand the delay in banning kitchen tops in composite granite.like Australia has
Did you not read this part.
“There is no evidence to back what this government has done. Evidence released under the last National Government showed 90 day trials had no impact on the number of people hired for jobs.
“The only thing 90 day trials achieve is to make it cheaper and easier for employers to fire people – and that is what this is all about. The relish and speed with which this government has unwound people’s working rights is chilling.
But there was plenty of evidence of workers being sacked at knock off time on the 89th day.
Plenty of facebook posts and in the news..
So dont give me that crap 90 day trials are good for anyone.
Shall we apply the same rules to, let’s say, lawyers, who charge their clients $800 -$1000 per hour and yet are lazy and don’t perform.
Poor performance, unsatisfactory result = no pay ….and….you’re fired on the spot…no reason given!!
What’s good for the goose is good for the gander…
Lawyers are self employed so the customer can walk away whenever they want poor service and result is no work .
I do not see your point