Act wants to amend ERA to stop contractors challenging employee status

Act wants to amend ERA to stop contractors challenging employee status
Act leader David Seymour. (Image: NZME)
Riley Kennedy
The Act party wants to amend the Employment Relations Act so contractors can’t challenge their employment status.Employer-contractor cases have become more and more common in the growing gig economy.Most notably, Uber has been involved in a lengthy battle over the status of some of its drivers with the employment court last year ruling they were employees, not contractors. The court of appeal recently granted leave for the ride-sharing company to appeal.Chief Judge Christina Inglis ruled the relationship the drivers had with the glob...

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