Day: June 23, 2023

ACT party leader, David Seymour, recently announced a proposal to have the Employment Relations Act amended so that independent contractors may not be regarded the same as employees and thus unable to challenge their employment status in court. This proposal comes months after the Employment Court made a judgement in…

Statistics NZ has confirmed that the economy contracted in the March quarter by 0.1%, making this the second consecutive quarter when GDP fell. This slim decline puts the country’s economy into a technical recession and reduces the likelihood that the central bank will need to hike interest rates further. This…