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Issue 3 - December 2014
In this month's issue of CLEW'd IN Dr Stephen Blumenfeld reviews the Employment Relations Amendment Act 2014; we report on the results of our 2013 Union Membership Survey; and we update you on recent publications from one of our associate researchers. We have also included the link to an excellent presentaion on the lessons from the Australian experience of establishing principles for examining the case for pay equity.
We will resume publication of CLEW'd IN in February 2015. Best wishes to all our readers for Christmas the New Year.
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Reform or return to the past? Looking at the Employment Relations Amendment Bill
In the National Party's media release of 28 October 2011, John Key declared that ‘National’s employment relations policy brings better balance to labour market rules. It encourages growth, creates jobs and protects workers’ rights….. These initiatives are part of National’s plan to give businesses the confidence they need to invest, grow and create higher-paying jobs’.
Dr Stephen Blumenfeld, Director of the Centre for Labour, Employment and Work, considers the recent changes to the Employment Relations Act and looks at the likely impacts of these changes in the workplace.
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Union Membership at lowest level since 2004
Union Membership has continued to decline in 2013, albeit at a slower rate than the previous two years, according to CLEW's 2013 survey of union membership.
Union membership remains concentrated in the public and community sector with health care and social assistance, education and training, and public administration and safety remaining the industries with the greatest number of union members and the highest union densities.
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Publications by CLEW associate researcher
Professor Philip Morrison, a research associate of CLEW, from the School of Geography at Victoria University, has contributed to the discussion on insecure and ‘precarious’ work in a recent paper ‘Who cares about job security?’.
His paper, published in the latest issue of The Australian Journal of Labour Economics (AJLE), draws on responses to two job security questions in the World Values Surveys administered in Australia and New Zealand in the 1990s and 2000s. These questions identify the degree to which people prioritise and otherwise attach importance to job security.
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Pay Equity case discussed
The Appeal Court decision in the pay equity case taken by the Service and Food Workers Union (on behalf of Kristine Bartlett) against Terranova Homes Ltd has caused much debate and discussion.
The NZ Public Service Association and the NZCTU organised a seminar soon after the decision was made public to provide more information about the case and the principles that need to be considered in establishing gender pay equity.
Lisa Heap, a labour and human rights activist from Australia, presented her views on establishing the principles for pay equity based on her experience in Australia, in particular the Queensland Industrial Relations Commission case that also centred on community support workers. Lisa's thought-provoking presentation is available on the PSA web-site.
Watch here..
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