CTU media release

The CTU has welcomed the drawing of Darien Fenton’s Employment Relations (Minimum Redundancy Entitlements) Amendment Bill from the member’s ballot today.

CTU Secretary Peter Conway said: “The introduction of this bill is very timely when so many workers are losing jobs without proper notice and with no entitlement to redundancy compensation.”

“The CTU calls on all Parties to support this Bill.”

In May the CTU called on the Government to act on the report by the Public Advisory Group on Restructuring and Redundancy which was completed in June 2008 and recommended the Government investigate statutory redundancy compensation and provision of redundancy support. The report was compiled by representatives from Business NZ, the State Services Commission and the CTU, but the Government has declined to act upon the recommendations.