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Speech to Parliament

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Madam Speaker, I move that the Employment Relations (Breaks and Infant Feeding) Amendment Bill be now read a second time.   

Labour Minister Trevor Mallard speech to the launch of the New Zealand Work & Labour Market Institute. Inaugural AUT Annual Public Employment Relations Lecture

Labour Minister Trevor Mallard's speech at the P3 Productivity Partnership and Public Value Conference, Wellington Town Hall

Labour Minister Trevor Mallard's speech to the launch of the Centre for High Performance Work, St James Theatre, Wellington

Labour Minister Trevor Mallard's speech to the first reading of the Holidays (transfer of public holidays) Amendment Bill, Parliament

Labour Minister Trevor Mallard's speech to the 2008 Safeguard National Health and Safety Conference, SKYCITY Convention Centre, 10 April 2008

Labour Minister Trevor Mallard's speech to the first reading of the Employment Relations (Breaks and Infant Feeding) Amendment Bill, Parliament.

Speech by Labour Minister Trevor Mallard to the signing of Principles for a Sustainable Property Services Industry event, Banquet Hall, Parliament.

New Zealanders want and need work-life balance and flexible working arrangements are a key part of that.

Balance is in fact the best way to describe the bill. A balance was needed between those who wanted the abolition of youth rates, and those who supported the status quo.

The starting point of our government’s approach to employment relations is tripartism – a partnership between government, business and unions.

A tribute to James Buwalda, outgoing Chief Executive of the Department of Labour

Over the next three months, the Department of Labour will talk with union and employer groups to gain an understanding of why casual and temporary work arrangements are used.

As Minister of Labour, I have a particular interest in ensuring that our workplaces are more productive and that they provide a safe and healthy environment where employees want to be.

If technology had allowed it,the women who took part in the first International Women’s Day back in 1909 would have been using DVDs in their campaigns too.

New Zealand is experiencing wide-ranging skill shortages. It’s no accident that the areas of greatest skills shortages are also the most gender segregated. Improving equity means a wider pool of people from which to recruit.

There are many issues that need to be addressed in the aged care sector and this government is not ignoring them

If we are going to provide consistently high quality services that older people deserve, and in a way that is sustainable, we must ensure workers are better trained and better paid.

The Employment Relations Act, by its name and its content, recognised that the workforce as well as the employers, have a vital part to play in ensuring that New Zealand is at the cutting edge of future opportunities

More than 12 million people around the world are estimated to be victims of forced labour and half the world’s population earn less than two dollars a day. The Decent Work initiative has the potential to change the lives of those millions of people around the world.

9 November 2006
Address to 20 year reunion of Trade Union Education Authority (TUEA)

6.00pm West Foyer, Ground Floor, The Beehive

This government believes that work is the best way to provide the best social and economic outcomes for families but we recognise that there are still many New Zealanders in work who need support provide a decent standard of living for their families.

The Competitive Manufacturing Initiative is an example of the importance and value of industry and union collaboration – and it is a practical manifestation of how the Worplace Productivity Agenda translates into action.

New Zealand women are becoming self-employed at over twice the rate of men.