Posts by Sacha
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Not one has had a 90-day trial imposed.
Note your own choice of words there, Graeme - imposed - by the employer on the employee. Voluntary for whom?
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double post due to script calls off-site - can we get PAS fixed please
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This isn't compulsory.
That's just hilarious.
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Sam also posted this gem from Danyl on t'other thread, explaining why the policy won't actually work except as a sop to supporters:
Sure, this law might make employers more likely to take risks when hiring – but employers already have the option of hiring new employees on three month contracts before making them permanent. So the benefits are likely to be negligible – medium and large companies can now avoid this minor bureaucratic overhead – with the drawback being decreased labour market mobility.
So how do those costs and benefits balance out? New Zealand is already one of the easiest countries in the world for companies to do business – that just got slightly easier. Great. Decreasing labour mobility will reduce productivity and wage growth. National based it’s entire election campaign on improving these two metrics and this policy is another indication that they have absolutely no idea of how to do that – so why not toss some red meat to their members and donors at their conference this weekend instead?
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It hardly seems "ambitious" to increase jobs only by shifting the risk onto workers, when the recent analysis says it's the managers who need to lift their game to improve productivity.
Danyl's satire - a recommended read - seems more bang on than trad media coverage is likely to be. Perhaps this is finally enough to open some eyes about the gap between the faith-based rhetoric about growth and aspiration and its abject lack from the grey yesterday's men of this cabinet and their compliant new chums.
Labour Minister Kate Wilkinson has said the move will empower business owners to deal with gypsy magic such as possession, shapeshifting and decreasing shareholder dividends in a reasonable and forthright manner.
‘We have no statistical data on the impact of gypsies on economic growth but the anecdotal evidence is overwhelming,’ Wilkinson said. ‘Yesterday I met with representatives of a major New Zealand exporting company. Like most responsible businesses they responded to the global financial crisis by dismissing their workers and increasing executive compensation but far from increasing profits this company suffered a serious decline in productivity and earnings.’
‘The problem was traced back to a gypsy potion in the water supply but without a proper legal framework in place to deal with gypsy related mischief employers are powerless.’
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Kerre Woodham does nothing to challenge her reputation for deep thought, this time about employment relations.
Terry was on a two week unpaid work experience. After that, he just stayed, still without a wage, and worked every hour God sent to scrape together enough money to survive while he learned the tools of the trade.
The company got an enthusiastic worker bee for nothing; the kid got the experience he needed to get him the first foothold on the ladder of a career that's taken him all around the world and to the top of his game.
I suppose the unions would see it as exploitation but Terry was grateful for the opportunity and TV3 got a talented young camera assistant for nothing.
Surely a win/win situation. And isn't that what the 90-day trial is all about?
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She got really sick of people blathering at her about positive thinking -- because the underlying implication was she was to blame for her cancer because she wasn't thinking positively enough.
Same for the well-meaning folk - and journos - who persist in focusing on plucky battlers "bravely overcoming" disability or "not letting it hold them back" - as if everyone else are just slackers with poor attitudes.
Everest for everyone!
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So you can nosh away on your lamb shanks with impunity. As long as you make enough for me too!
I believe Emma has her hand up too..
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We need more. I think it's best not to be specific about this policy.
At last, truth in politics.
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Emma your description screams 'more exercise needed' to me.
Peter, don't be such a patronising twat. And that's about as much respect as you deserve in this instance.