7.1   Government
7.2   The Law
7.3   Legislation

64. Boxall, Peter
The Labour Party's Policy on Industrial Relations: A Critique, (1993) 18(2): 177-184.
A critical analysis of Labour's industrial relations policy against three criteria: interest group accommodation, conceptualisation of the employment relationship and contemporary macroeconomic problems.
Related section: [ 1.1 ]


65. Clark, Rt. Hon. Helen
Employment Relations - the New Direction under Labour, (1993) 18(2): 153-162.
Argues that the Employment Contracts Act is incompatible with Labour's economic policy and outlines potential changes in a variety of employment areas.
Related sections: [ 1.1, 7.3 ]


66. Geare, A.J.
The Labour Party's Proposed Reforms: Introduction, (1993) 18(2): 151-152.
An overview of the symposium of volume 18(2) concerning changes to the Employment Contracts Act mooted by the New Zealand Labour Party.


67. Kiely, Peter
MMP: Aligning the Judicial and Parliamentary Functions, (1996) 21(2): 178-187.
Discusses the degree to which judicial and parliamentary functions may overlap under MMP, with reference to the impact of judicial activism in the employment contracts arena. The role of lawyers as advisors under MMP is also examined.
Related sections: [ 1.1, 1.2, 7.2 ]


[See also articles numbered: 2, 25, 37, 55, 78, 80, 96]

68. Anderson, Gordon
The Specialist Institutions: The Employment Court and the Employment Tribunal: Introduction, (1996) 21(1): 1-4.
An overview of the symposium of volume 21(1) concerning the Employment Court and Tribunal.
Related section: [ 1.2 ]


69. Churchman, Peter
Avoiding the Rigour of the Personal Grievance Provisions of the Employment Contracts Act, (1997) 22(2): 171-187.
Outlines potential methods of side-stepping the Employment Contracts Act's personal grievance provisions, including fixed-term contracts, alternative dispute resolution, and contracting out.
Related section: [ 1.2 ]


70. Dumbleton, Alastair
The Employment Tribunal - Four Years On, (1996) 21(1): 21-33.
Comments on aspects of the Employment Tribunal's operations and reviews its development since 1991.
Related section: [ 1.2 ]


71. Goddard, T.G.
The Employment Court: Structure and Directions, (1996) 21(1): 5-20.
Discusses facets of the Employment Court's operation, including the nature its work and the legal issues with which it has had to deal.
Related section: [ 1.2 ]


72. Haworth, Nigel & Hughes, Stephen
Under Scrutiny: The ECA, the ILO and the NZCTU Complaint 1993-1995, (1995) 20(2): 143-161.
Discusses the impact of the ILO's Final Report on the Council of Trade Unions complaint concerning the Employment Contracts Act.
Related sections: [ 3.1, 3.2 ]


73. Novitz, Tonia
New Zealand Industrial Relations and the International Labour Organisation: Resolving Contradictions Implicit in Freedom of Association, (1996) 21(2): 119-139.
Argues that the efforts of the ILO's Committee on Freedom of Association have been hampered by contradictions inherent in the principle of freedom of association itself. Discusses this in relation to New Zealand's industrial relations regime.
Related section: [ 1.1 ]


74. Robertson, Bernard
The Arguments for a Specialist Employment Court in New Zealand, (1996) 21(1): 34-48.
Addresses the structure of specialist employment institutions and argues that the existence of a specialist Court is inconsistent with an employment regime based on free contracting.
Related section: [ 1.2 ]


75. Wailes, Nick
The Case Against Specialist Jurisdiction for Labour Law: The Philosophical Assumptions of a Common Law for Labour Relations, (1994) 19(1): 1-15.
Addresses the debate against the maintenance of specialist legal institutions for labour law in New Zealand.
Related section: [ 1.2 ]


76. Woods, Noel; Douglas, Ken; Knowles, Anne
The Centenary of the Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Act 1894: Some Reflections, (1994) 19(3): 225-231.
Three views of the Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Act's enduring impact on the New Zealand labour market.
Related sections: [ 1.3, 7.3 ]


[See also articles numbered: 10, 11, 14, 20, 56, 62, 67, 94]

77. Duncan, Grant
Accident Compensation - 1995 and Still Languishing, (1995) 20(3): 237-253.
Examines the debate surrounding the deregulation and efficiency of ACC, the principles of "no fault" and "no right to sue", and discusses the perceived failure of the statutory regime.
Related section: [ 4.3 ]


78. Geare, A.J.
The Proposed Employment Relations Act, (1993) 18(2): 194-204.
An examination of Labour's proposed policies, concluding that they would have little impact on industrial relations in New Zealand.
Related sections: [ 1.1, 7.1 ]


79. Harbridge, Raymond & Lane, Julia
The Effect of a Minimum Youth Wage in New Zealand, (1993) 18(3): 275-287.
An assessment of minimum youth wage legislation which finds that the majority of collective employment contracts studied do not contain youth rates, with those that do frequently containing youth rates exceeding the adult minimum wage.
Related section: [ 6.2 ]


80. Hince, Kevin & Harbridge, Raymond
The Employment Contracts Act: An Interim Assessment, (1994) 19(3): 235-255.
Argues that similar or better economic outcomes could have been achieved (with less social divisiveness) by Government implementing an alternative strategy to the Employment Contracts Act.
Related section: [ 7.1 ]


81. Roth, Paul
The Implications of the Privacy Act on Employment, (1993) 18(3): 376-383.
Discusses the likely impact of the Privacy Act on the employment environment. Predicts an empowerment for those employees who can utilise its procedures, and a detriment to those employers who are unaware of them.
Related section: [ 4.2 ]


[See also articles numbered: 1, 5, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 21, 23, 24, 28, 29, 38, 39, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 51, 53, 54, 57, 63, 65, 76, 84, 109]

B. Index

B.8. Miscellaneous