Submission: Department of Labour Discussion Paper 'Employment Relations Act 2000: Review of Part 9: Personal Grievances'

New Zealand Business Roundtable
30 March, 2010

In our view, issues relating to Part 9 of the Employment Relations Act 2000 need to be seen in the context of the government’s overriding goal of lifting average New Zealand incomes to Australian levels by 2025. To achieve that goal, major improvements in labour productivity growth are required, given the staggering decline in recent productivity growth rates with the ill-conceived policies of the previous government. The Employment Relations Act (the ERA) was one such policy.

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