New Zealand to scrap 30-day policy for employment agreements

The change will be introduced in the government’s upcoming Employment Relations Amendment Bill, which is expected to be passed by the end of 2025. 

Union notification changes 

Meanwhile, the amendment also seeks to change the way employers communicate and report back on union members for new hires. 

Under the amendment, employers will no longer have to use the active choice form, where new employees can indicate if they want to join a union. 

However, they still need to communicate that the employee may join a union, how to contact a union, and that they will be bound to a collective agreement if they join a union. 

For unions, the change means they no longer have the ability to provide information about the role and functions of the unions that the employer must pass to the employee.