Introducing labor flexibility: the example of New Zealand. From: International Labour Review | Date: December 22, 1997| Author: Honeybone, Anthony | COPYRIGHT 1997 International Labour Office. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Economic and financial reforms in the mid-1980s were followed by labour market reforms which, particularly from 1991, dramatically altered the basis of labour relations in New Zealand. Unions lost their exclusive right to represent workers, and individual employees and employers became the primary decision-makers, even as to whether bargaining should take place. The author examines this method of introducing labour market flexibility and then explains the extent to which it has been applied: ...

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