Tuesday, 19 December 2023
Vote: Bills — Employment Relations (Trial Periods) Amendment Bill
— Second Reading
🗳️ That the Employment Relations (Trial Periods) Amendment Bill be now read a second time
Moved by
Brooke Van Velden
(ACT New Zealand — Member for Tāmaki)
GRANT McCALLUM (National—Northland): I rise in support of the Employment Relations (Trial Periods) Amendment Bill. What’s become quite clear is it’s obvious what we’re starting to see from the outside of the House now is their pure hatred of big... 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 |