Author: Gerard Hehir
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Massive Hospitality Fair Pay Agreement gets the go ahead
Around 160,000 hospitality workers and over 24,000 employers will be covered by a new Hospo Fair pay Agreement that has just been given the green light by MBIE. Unite was informed on 30th May that the Chief Executive has approved it’s application to proceed to the bargaining stage. “We are very excited that we can…
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Media Coverage of Hospo FPA Initiation
Newshub (Jamie Ensor): Bargaining process begins after passing of controversial legislation Dec 1 2022 Stuff (Tom Pullar-Strecker): Meet the bar owner who’s signed up for a Fair Pay Agreement for hospo workers Nov 20 2022 Stuff (George Heagney): Workers welcome lift in conditions due to Fair Pay Agreement Nov 11 2022 The Spinoff (Charlotte Muru-Lanning):…
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What would a fair pay agreement look like for hospitality workers?
by Charlotte Muru-Lanning on The Spinoff Proposed fair pay agreement legislation could be one of the biggest shake-ups to our employment laws in the last thirty years. So what will it mean for those in the hospitality industry? Xavier Walsh is passionate about working in hospitality. Having been employed in the industry for seven years,…
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Unite applies for the first Hospo Fair Pay Agreement
Today Unite Union formally applied to initiate bargaining for a Hospitality Fair Pay Agreement. National Secretary John Crocker submitted the application at 4:30pm today (1st December – the first day applications can be made). “This is a great day for all hospo workers across Aotearoa. The current problems in hospitality have been fully exposed over…