The Labour Party is being accused of scare-mongering over the new 90-day probation period which becomes part of New Zealand's employment law today.
The party's Labour spokesman Trevor Mallard has upset retailers with his suggestion people should not look for jobs in firms employing fewer
than 20 people, because they will just be fired before their probation is up.The Newmarket Business Association has called the comment ridiculous and irresponsible.
Association head Cameron Brewer says 80 per cent of the New Zealand's businesses are small, and they are just not in the business of hiring and firing staff for the sake of it.
And Brewer is dead right - Mallard is scaremongering and grandstanding. Then again, scaremongering and grandstanding is Trevor "speaking of affairs" Mallard's strong suit is it not? We think that Mallard just can't get used to the fact that the New Zealand public decided last year that he and his mates had passed their use-by date.
Anyway, keep up the good work Trev - perhaps by around 2020 Labour might get the message.
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Labour just do not get it.
What is that saying about being in a hole and digging?
Just heard on the news that the Unions are setting up an 0800 line for people being abused by employers. Magnanimously they are making it available to non-union employees as well.
There is a `stuff poll' on this topic and half an hour ago the lefties had been very active early.
These boofheads have a vested interest in seeing unemployment figures rise substantially.
They see high unemployment figures as a vote for Labour in the next elections.
They are using their most vunerable members as pawns in a self-serving game.
The nett effect of their rantings is to frighten off employers who might otherwise offer opportunities to less than desirable prospective employees.
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