Economy - Employment & Jobs
Allow freedom of contract to make it easier to trail new workers and replace poor preformers
To promote employment and to use resources more efficiently, Green taxation policy will shift some of the burden of taxation from incomes to wasted resources Our society needs to recognise and support many more forms of socially and environmentally necessary work, and share paid work more fairly The emergency unemployment benefit restored
Labour will encourage notification to government agencies of potential or upcoming redundancy situations Labour will implement more active labour market policies and programmes which provide security and support for workers in a changing economy Labour will introduce a new re-training allowance, on the same basis as a student allowance but with no spousal income test, for workers who have been in the workforce for at least five years and have been made redundant Labour will work with firms to help them access the services they need to improve their productivity
Not set out on their website.
Support Skill NZ in enhancing the relationship between employers and Industry Training Organisations (ITOs) in the development of programmes which up-skill labour Expand venture capital funding to encourage innovation and employment growth Raise the minimum and youth wage Amend industrial laws to ensure that casualisation employment practices are fair and just to all parties Amend the EEO laws to ensure that ending discrimination of those 50-years plus is established as a fundamental plank of these laws