Tuesday, 19 December 2023
Vote: Bills — Employment Relations (Trial Periods) Amendment Bill
— First Reading
🗳️ That the Employment Relations (Trial Periods) Amendment Bill be now read a first time
GRANT McCALLUM (National—Northland):to: I rise speak in support of the Employment Relations (Trial Periods) Amendment Bill. After listening to some of the speakers on the other side of the House, you’d think employers were actually hiring people to sack... Read more →
📋 We've linked this vote to our
“Extending 90-day trial periods to all employers”
policy - our best judgment is that a vote for this is a vote
for Extending 90-day trial periods to all employers.
✓ Passed by a narrow margin
(68 Ayes – 55 Noes)
Hansard didn't name individual MPs for this vote, only how each party voted overall, so
there's no per-member breakdown to show here.
🏛️ Party breakdown
| Party | Aye | No |
|---|---|---|
| ACT New Zealand | 11 | 0 |
| Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand | 0 | 15 |
| New Zealand First | 8 | 0 |
| New Zealand Labour | 0 | 34 |
| New Zealand National | 49 | 0 |
| Te Pāti Māori | 0 | 6 |