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Latest work stoppage figures released by Statistics New Zealand record a continuing low level of industrial action, Labour Minister Margaret Wilson said today.

Labour remains committed to the introduction of a new Holidays Act, Labour Minister Margaret Wilson said today.

The Employment Relations Act-
A Summary of the First 18 Months
2 October 2000 to 31 March 2002

Minister of Labour Margaret Wilson says the Department of Labour’s latest monitoring report on the Employment Relations Act backs the groundswell of opinion that the Act is working well for New Zealanders.

Minister of Labour Hon Margaret Wilson and Associate Minister of Labour Hon Laila Harre today released the second report of the Ministerial Advisory Group on the protection of employees' terms and conditions of employment in the event of sale or transfer of business, or where the work of employees is contracted out.

“Lowering standards is no way to increase employment”, said Alliance Leader and Minister of Youth and Women’s Affairs, Hon Laila Harré, in response to the release of National’s industrial relations policy.

Minister of Labour Hon Margaret Wilson has marked May Day with a reminder of the gains made for New Zealand workers under the Labour/Coalition Government.

Labour Minister Margaret Wilson said today that National’s industrial relations policy was a recipe to a return to an ‘us versus them’ conflict-based relationship between workers and employers.

An innovative web-based entitlement calculator will improve access to detailed information on New Zealander’s rights and obligations regarding paid parental leave.

National MP Gerry Brownlee’s claims with regard to the new Health and Safety in Employment Amendment Bill are grossly exaggerated and designed to mislead, Minister of Labour Hon Margaret Wilson said today.

Latest work stoppage figures released by Statistics New Zealand held no surprises and were the result of a decade of employment relations mismanagement and distrust, Minister of Labour Hon Margaret Wilson said today.

Associate Minister of Labour and Alliance Industrial Relations Spokesperson Laila Harré has called for ultra-liberals to put an end “once and for all” to attempts to liberalise shop trading hours after the resounding defeat of Rodney Hide’s Shop Trading Hours bill last night.

Union members are gathering at Parliament this Friday lunchtime (March 1) in what Minister of Labour Hon Margaret Wilson describes as a sober reminder of the tragedy that lies behind the headlines of workplace deaths.

Associate Minister of Labour and Alliance Industrial Relations Spokesperson Laila Harré is pleased that the Government as a whole has agreed on amendments to Rodney Hide’s Shop Trading Hours Bill.

Labour Minister Margaret Wilson announced today that the government will be supporting amendments to the Act Party bill on shop trading hours to strengthen protections for workers and shop owners.

“New Zealanders will be better off as a result of Labour Alliance Coalition changes to the Holidays Act.”

Labour Minister Hon Margaret Wilson said today that the Government is proposing key changes to holidays legislation after a report on the current legislation from a joint union-employer advisory group indicated a need for a clearer legislative framework

Low paid workers will receive a boost in income following changes to minimum wage rates announced today by the Minister of Labour, Hon Margaret Wilson.

The new youth minimum wage rates announced today have been heralded by Hon Laila Harré, Minister of Youth Affairs and Associate Minister of Labour, as a win for young people and as a further achievement for the Alliance in government.

Minister pleased at progress in Canterbury

Labour Minister Margaret Wilson said today the Government has been informed there has been progress in the Canterbury industrial dispute, and that nurses have decided to continue mediation.