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ACT The Liberal Party Rodney Hide

Allow freedom of contract to make it easier to trail new workers and replace poor preformers

Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand Sue Bradford

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

New Zealand Labour Party Hon Ruth Dyson

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

Maori Party Dr Pita Sharples Not
set out
on
their
website.
National Party of New Zealand Kate Wilkinson

Not
set out
on
their
website.

New Zealand First Peter Brown

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

Progressive Coalition Hon Jim Anderton Not
set out
on
their
website.
United Future New Zealand Hon Peter Dunne

Not
set out
on
their
website.

You can find the policy positions of more parties by checking these websites.
Alliance New Zealand
Democrats for Social Credit
Direct Democracy Party
Libertarianz
The Republic Party of New Zealand

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