Just days into the new Parliament the National-led government brought in measures which:

  • Allow employers to unfairly sack people in the first 90 days, in 97% of firms
  • Cut employer KiwiSaver contributions in half
  • Gives someone earning $500,000 annually a $9,000 a year tax cut...but puts up taxes by $300 a year for a worker on $20,000 or a two-income familty with 2 children on $50,000.

This is bad news for workers. It does not help the economy. It is a bad start for the new government.

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