10133 (2025). Teanau Tuiono to the Minister for Workplace Relations and Safety

Written Question
Published date: 20 Mar 2025
10133 (2025). Teanau Tuiono to the Minister for Workplace Relations and Safety: What advice, reports or information, if any, broken down by date and title, has the Minister or their office received about the potential impact of the Employment Relations (Pay Deductions for Partial Strikes) Amendment Bill on our international obligations in particular the International Labour Organisation, the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the ILO Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work?
Hon Brooke van Velden: Advice relating to international obligations was contained in these documents: Cabinet paper ‘Collective bargaining rebalance: Allowing for pay deductions in response to partial strikes’ available at Collective Bargaining Rebalance – Allowing for Pay Deductions in Response to Partial Strikes Cabinet paper ‘Employment Relations (Pay Deductions for Partial Strikes) Amendment Bill: Approval for Introduction’ available at Employment Relations (Pay Deductions for Partial Strikes) Amendment Bill – Approval for Introduction Regulatory Impact Statement ‘Partial strikes’, dated 24 October 2024 and available at Regulatory Impact Statement: Partial strikes. Some information has been withheld from these documents consistent with the grounds under the Official Information Act 1982.