This presentation visualizes the impact the Employment Relations Amendment Bill will have on affected employees all across in New Zealand if passed as proposed by Bill English.

1. The Employment Relations
Amendment Bill:
What is the Government
proposing?

2. Employers will be able to walk away
from bargain(ing)
Employers will be
able to put pressure
on individuals to
agree to lesser pay
and conditions
Your employer will
be able to apply to
the Employment
Relations Authority
to declare
bargaining is over.
Once that happens:
Any industrial action will
be unlawful for two months
Employers will be able to withdraw
from bargaining for multi-employer
collective agreements (MECAs) by
giving 10 days’ notice after
initiation of bargaining - this could
dismantle MECAs that have brought
steady improvements in pay and
conditions for union members

3. New staff
will be
employed
on less pay
and worse
conditions
Impact on
industrial
action
Job
protection
will be
stripped
away
NO access
to your
employee
information
NO Meal
and rest
breaks
5 Negative Impacts
“The Employment Relations Amendment Bill”

4. New staff
will be
employed
on less pay
and worse
conditions
Impact on
industrial
action
Job
protection
will be
stripped
away
NO access
to your
employee
information
NO Meal
and rest
breaks
• Right now, new employees are covered by the
collective agreement in their workplace for the
first 30 days. This protection is to be stripped
away so they can be paid less. Over time this will
reduce everyone’s pay and conditions
T.E.R.A
BILL

5. New staff
will be
employed
on less pay
and worse
conditions
Impact on
industrial
action
Job
protection
will be
stripped
away
NO access
to your
employee
information
NO Meal
and rest
breaks
• It will be more difficult for members to take
industrial action for better pay and conditions.
Your employer will be able to deduct up to 10
percent of your pay for partial strike action, such
as not answering the phone.
T.E.R.A
BILL

6. New staff
will be
employed
on less pay
and worse
conditions
Impact on
industrial
action
Job
protection
will be
stripped
away
NO access
to your
employee
information
NO Meal
and rest
breaks
• At present, the law protects the jobs and conditions
of vulnerable employees, such as cleaning, food
catering staff and orderly staff, when a contract
changes hands. The government plans to strip away
this protection for workplaces with fewer than 20
employees. These workers will have no job security
when a contract changes to a new employer.
T.E.R.A
BILL

7. New staff
will be
employed
on less pay
and worse
conditions
Impact on
industrial
action
Job
protection
will be
stripped
away
NO access
to your
employee
information
NO Meal
and rest
breaks
• If your job is under threat, your employer may be
able to withhold information from you if, for
example, it relates to evaluative or opinion material
provided to the employer by other staff. This could
make it difficult to defend yourself in a disciplinary
situation or to challenge a redundancy.
T.E.R.A
BILL

8. New staff
will be
employed
on less pay
and worse
conditions
Impact on
industrial
action
Job
protection
will be
stripped
away
NO access
to your
employee
information
NO Meal
and rest
breaks
• In some jobs, employees may lose the right to
take regular, designated meal and rest breaks.
This is not good for safety and can result in
increased fatigue.
T.E.R.A
BILL

9. Bill’s Timeline?
1)The Bill was read in the House for the first time on 5
June 2013
2)The Bill was referred to the Transport and industrial
Relations select committee
3)Public submissions opened on 13 June 2013 and close
on 25 July 2013
4)After submissions close, the select committee reports
back to the House, with recommendations about any
changes made as a result of submissions it has heard
5)The Bill is then read for a second and third time. During
this time opposition MPs have the chance to put up
amendments (called Supplementary Order Papers) to
try to change the Bill or slow it down
6)If enough MPs vote for the Bill at the second and third
readings, the Bill is enacted and becomes a new law
COUNTDOWN

10. What you can do
• It is important that a large
number of people make
submissions – and ask to be
heard by the select
committee
• If enough people ask to be
heard the select committee
may make the decision to
travel the country hearing
people’s concerns.
• More people who want to
be heard means more time
for the select committee to
consider our views and
more time for us to raise
awareness of the impact the
changes would have
• Past experience shows that
when enough people speak
up in Parliament it can have
powerful results!

11. participate
• https://www.facebook.com/NotOurEra
• http://union.org.nz/whycutourpay
• www.nzno.org.nz/badmedicine
• www.psa.org.nz
• The proposed ERA changes will affect you,
your friends, and family so this is your
opportunity to do something about it!
Presentation Online:
• http://www.slideshare.net/meanme9/not-
our-era-presentation