Business New Zealand is poking holes in the proposed Fair Pay Agreements legalisation.

The rules mean if a thousand employees, or 10 percent of a workforce, agree to start the collective bargaining process, that process is automatically triggered.

The Fair Pay Agreements legislation is expected to pass its third reading in Parliament later today.

Business New Zealand Chief Executive Kirk Hope told Mike Hosking driving wage rates up to boost productivity up won't work.

He says the threshold to trigger the agreement is too low.

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Business New Zealand is poking holes in the proposed Fair Pay Agreements legalisation.
The rules mean if a thousand employees, or 10 percent of a workforce, agree to start the collective bargaining process, that process is automatically triggered.
The Fair Pay Agreements legislation is expected to pass its third reading in Parliament later today.
Business New Zealand Chief Executive Kirk Hope told Mike Hosking driving wage rates up to boost productivity up won't work.
He says the threshold to trigger the agreement is too low.
LISTEN ABOVE

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