What's at stake: Employees earning $180,000 a year or more could lose their right to take a personal grievance case for unjustified dismissal as part of changes to the Employment Relations Act.
Background: The Government has proposed several reforms to employment law aimed at making it more employer-friendly and to clear a backlog of personal grievance cases before the Employment Relations Authority and the courts. Submitters say the new threshold could cause more issues than it solves. They want the threshold lifted, or what's included within total remuneration changed.
Key players: Workplace Relations and Safety Minister Brooke van Velden, high-income earners, BusinessNZ, NZ Law Society.
Submissions to the Employment Relations Amendment Bill have been largely critical of the planned exclusion of high-income earners from personal grievance rights.
Under the Bill, employees earning more than $180,000 gross a year lose the right to raise a personal grievance for unjustified dismissal
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What's at stake: Employees earning $180,000 a year or more could lose their right to take a personal grievance case for unjustified dismissal as part of changes to the Employment Relations Act.
Background: The Government has proposed several reforms to employment law aimed at making it more employer-friendly and to clear a backlog of personal grievance cases before the Employment Relations Authority and the courts. Submitters say the new threshold could cause more issues than it solves. They want the threshold lifted, or what's included within total remuneration changed.
Key players: Workplace Relations and Safety Minister Brooke van Velden, high-income earners, BusinessNZ, NZ Law Society.
