Court ruling signals big changes for shift workers on waterfront
A new court decision means employers will be required to compensate workers for their “availability” for shifts.
Read MoreRepresenting New Zealand maritime workers since 2002
A new court decision means employers will be required to compensate workers for their “availability” for shifts.
Read MoreThe Employment Court in Wellington today declined to put an injunction on possible pickets by workers at the Port of Napier as pickets loom over the summer.
Moves by the Port of Napier to contract out stevedoring work threaten 25 permanent and 60 casual jobs, with workers to be thrown on the scrap heap just before Christmas.
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