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Employment Court Judgment a Welcome Curb
Employment Court Judgment a Welcome Curb on Employer Legal Devices
“The Employment Court has closed off a legal device used by employers to undermine collective bargaining,” Council of Trade Unions president Ross Wilson said today.
In a decision likely to have ramifications for other agreements, the court has found that workers covered by a collective agreement between the New Zealand Herald and the Engineering, Printing and Manufacturing Union, cannot leave the collective and sign an individual agreement without resigning from the union.
“The decision makes clear that employer devices such as making a salary increase conditional on leaving the collective agreement are in breach of the Employment Relations Act,” Ross Wilson said.
“This important judgement of the full court will
have a broad application but there remain other legal
loopholes used by employers to undermine collective
bargaining which will have to be corrected by legislative
change,” he
said.
New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
Te Kauae Kaimahi
The New Zealand Council of Trade Unions Te Kauae Kaimahi brings together over 350,000 New Zealand union members in 40 affiliated unions. We are the united voice for working people and their families in New Zealand.
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