Labour, Greens and the media would have you believe the changes to Holidays Act are some sort of assault on workers. In fact, they generally improve things for employees. The CTU, to be fair, has been quite balanced with their comments – unlike the hysteria from Labour and Greens.
The case for change is massive. The current holidays law are so complex that I doubt a single major employer in NZ has managed to implement them correctly. None of the payroll providers can program software to cope with them. The status quo is absolutely indefensible.
