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The ACT Party on Employment

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The ACT Party strongly opposes strong unions and collective agreements

Act opposes strong unions and collective agreements. Its Labour policy promises to repeal the Employment Relations Act and “restore the common law freedom of contract between employers and employees”. It also says, it will “allow freedom of contract to make it easier to trial new workers and replace poor performers”.

The ACT Party strongly opposes increasing the minimum wage

Act policy says it will “abolish all minimum wage laws and cut taxes significantly”.

The ACT Party strongly supports a three month probation period

Act voted in favour of such a law when National tried to introduce it in 2006 and its current policy says it wants to “allow freedom of contract to make it easier to trial new workers and replace poor performers”.

The ACT Party supports workers being able to trade their fourth week’s annual leave for pay

Act does not have a specific policy on this issue, but a spokesman says such a measure would have the party’s support.