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Employment Relations Amendment Bill

Government bill

About this bill

The purpose of this Bill is to restore key minimum standards and protections for employees, and to implement a suite of changes to promote and strengthen collective bargaining and union rights in the workplace. The changes are intended to introduce greater fairness in the workplace between employees and employers, in order to promote productive employment relationships.
Voting method
Party voting: Parties decided whether or not to support this bill and cast votes on behalf of all their MPs.
Read the bill
Bill text: Employment Relations Amendment Bill (legislation.govt.nz)
Act text: Employment Relations Amendment Act 2018 (legislation.govt.nz)
View on Parliament website
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Member responsible

Iain Lees-Galloway
Iain Lees-Galloway

Former Labour MP for Palmerston North

Progress

Enacted

This Bill has been passed by Parliament, and signed into law by the Governor-General in a step called Royal Assent. This doesn't mean that everything the Act implements has come into force yet, but it does mean that the Act is on the statute books.

Votes

1st reading
Passed
1 February 2018

63

Ayes

56

Noes

0

Abst.

1

Abse.
2nd reading
Passed
27 November 2018

63

Ayes

57

Noes

0

Abst.

0

Abse.
3rd reading
Passed
5 December 2018

63

Ayes

57

Noes

0

Abst.

0

Abse.

Only reading votes are shown here; these votes determine whether the Bill progresses through Parliament. Other votes, such as votes on whether to amend parts of the Bill, can be seen in Hansard.

Bill details last synced with the Parliament website over 2 years ago.
(23 March 2023 at 00:00 GMT+00:00)

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