Submission on Fair Pay Agreements Bill

Summary

1. The Salvation Army Te Ope Whakaora supports the objectives of this Bill to enable employers and employees to negotiate collectively for industry or sector-wide minimum employment terms.
2. Workers who employed in sectors and occupations with irregular and precarious work and/or limited opportunity to negotiate their employment conditions are among the people that The Salvation Army works with, and the additional protection of Fair Pay Agreements (FPA) would help improve their lives.
3. We submit that priority be given to progressing work on the rights of workers who are not classified as employees for the purposes of this Bill.
4. Clarity is needed about the situation for non-for-profit and non-government organisations that may be included in an FPA and impacts on funding and services.

 

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