Employers are in favour of ACT's plan to allow them to withhold pay for workers on partial strikes. 

Workplace Relations Minister Brooke van Velden wants to reverse a previous Government move which prevented pay being docked if workers continued to do some work during a strike. 

Currently pay can only be withheld during a full strike. 

Employers and Manufacturers Association Head of Advocacy Alan McDonald told Heather du Plessis Allan the current rules aren't working. 

He says they campaigned against the 2018 change out of fear it would lead to more strikes, and it has. 

McDonald says workers have the right to withhold their labour, so employers should have the right to withhold their pay. 

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Employers are in favour of ACT's plan to allow them to withhold pay for workers on partial strikes.&nbsp;
Workplace Relations Minister Brooke van Velden wants to reverse a previous Government move which prevented pay being docked if workers continued to do some work during a strike.&nbsp;
Currently pay can only be withheld during a full strike.&nbsp;
Employers and Manufacturers Association Head of Advocacy Alan McDonald told Heather du Plessis Allan the current rules aren't working.&nbsp;
He says they campaigned against the 2018 change out of fear it would lead to more strikes, and it has.&nbsp;
McDonald says workers have the right to withhold their labour, so employers should have the right to withhold their pay.&nbsp;
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Alan McDonald: Employers and Manufacturers Association Head of Advocacy on ACT's plan to allow employers to withhold pay for workers on partial strikes

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