NZ Initiative comes out swinging against labour reforms

NZ Initiative comes out swinging against labour reforms
Pattrick Smellie
By Pattrick Smellie July 9 (BusinessDesk) - Industries with large workforces will be most at risk of being hijacked by small numbers of workers seeking nationally binding, collectively bargained employment arrangements whether or not the majority wants them, the business-backed think tank, the New Zealand Initiative, says. The Work in Progress report, penned by the group's chair, former law firm head Roger Partridge, and former Business Roundtable economist Bryce Wilkinson, argues not only that the Fair Pay Agreement proposals will cost j...

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