From uniformity to diversity? reinventing public sector industrial relations in New Zealand
By: WALSH, Pat
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ArticlePublisher: Oxford : Blackwell Publishers Limited, June 1998Australian Journal of Public Administration 57, 2, p. 55-59Abstract: Since 1988 industrial relations in New Zealand's public sector have changed significantly. This paper discusses the changing roles of the State Services Commission and chief executives in bargaining with public sector employees, and how these changing roles have affected union representation and wage rates.While the Employment Contracts Act, 1991 resulted in changes to bargaining outcomes. However, one of the more significant changes as a result of the Employment Contracts Act has been a move to direct employer-employee negotiations. Bargaining in New Zealand's public sector has moved, in the last nine years, from uniformity to diversity, but to what extent?
Since 1988 industrial relations in New Zealand's public sector have changed significantly. This paper discusses the changing roles of the State Services Commission and chief executives in bargaining with public sector employees, and how these changing roles have affected union representation and wage rates.While the Employment Contracts Act, 1991 resulted in changes to bargaining outcomes. However, one of the more significant changes as a result of the Employment Contracts Act has been a move to direct employer-employee negotiations. Bargaining in New Zealand's public sector has moved, in the last nine years, from uniformity to diversity, but to what extent?
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