@RaoulDukeM to NZ PoliticsEnglish • 1 year agoACT proposes rules blocking contractors from claiming employee rightswww.rnz.co.nzmessage-square8arrow-up16arrow-down10file-text
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minus-square@DaveMAlinkEnglish2•1 year agoSorry, I meant after this change. As I understand it, you can just write in the contract they are a contractor and now they are and they can’t challenge it. No sick leave, no annual leave, you want a job? Take it or leave it.
minus-square@deadbeef79000linkEnglish3•1 year agoOh! Right. Yeah that’s exactly what would happen. Right now the law can “look through” a contractor’s contact and say " hang on this is actually an employee contact". After this legislation… nope, whatever shitty contact the “employer” has foisted takes primacy
Sorry, I meant after this change. As I understand it, you can just write in the contract they are a contractor and now they are and they can’t challenge it. No sick leave, no annual leave, you want a job? Take it or leave it.
Oh! Right.
Yeah that’s exactly what would happen.
Right now the law can “look through” a contractor’s contact and say " hang on this is actually an employee contact".
After this legislation… nope, whatever shitty contact the “employer” has foisted takes primacy