Restructuring Industrial Relations in New Zealand, 1984–1988

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In the state sector, the changes derive from the restructuring of the state which has been one of the central policy objectives of the Labour Government. The State-Owned Enterprises Act 1986 disestablished nine departments of state and reconstituted them as state owned corporations to be run as commercial businesses. These corporations operate under the private sector industrial relations regime with the exception of a statutory requirement to be a good employer which includes an obligation to implement an equal opportunities programme. The State Sector Act 1988 makes similar provisions for the core public sector. It abolishes the long-standing provisions for relativity with the private sector and replaces conventional compulsory arbitration with a no-strike/final offer arbitration trade off. In the personnel area, employment protections introduced in 1912 have been eliminated.

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