Abstract
Abstract This paper examines changes to private and public sector wage fixing and industrial relations procedures introduced by the New Zealand Labour Government since 1984. In both sectors the thrust of the change is to introduce a measure of deregulation to the labour market. In the private sector, the major changes come from the repeal of the Industrial Relations Act 1973 and its replacement by the Labour Relations Act 1987. The most significant change in the 1987 Act was the introduction of the principle of a single set of negotiations to apply to each worker which eliminated the practice of ‘second tier’ settlements. The previous system consisted of award bargaining supplemented by above award payments negotiated workplace by workplace where possible. The process of compulsory conciliation and voluntary arbitration has been continued. The more significant changes include the minimum number of members for continued union registration being increased to 1000, and the necessity for the parties to enforc...
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