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The Progressive Party on Employment
The Progressives “strongly support” strong unions and collective agreements. Its policy says, “The Progressive Party recognises, and welcomes, the importance of the union movement as an integral partner in the development of the key economic and social policies of New Zealand”. On the campaign trail it is promising to “Press for a statutory minimum code of conditions to be introduced for all workers covering such matters as sick leave, bereavement leave, redundancy, protection of casual and temporary employees, and workers' rights in the event of the transfer of ownership of enterprises”.
The Progressives “strongly support” an increase to the minimum wage. The party says that one its important successes in government has been to “increase the minimum wage for all workers nine times in eight years so that it is now 70% higher than it was in 1999”.
The Progressives oppose a probation period for new employees.
The Progressives got the fourth week annual leave through a private members bill and so says it is strongly opposed to any pressure on workers to trade it in for pay.