by Young Workers Resource Centre | Apr 18, 2018 | Blog Posts, Tony's Bants
Are employers allowed to cut your pay rate because they feel like it? Welcome to our new YWRC column ‘Tony’s Bants… A column series where YWRC Business Manager Tony Stevens will vent his spleen on a current employment-related issue....
by Young Workers Resource Centre | Apr 10, 2018 | Guest Blogger
Disclaimer: The opinion piece below was written by President of the NZ Council of Trade Unions Richard Wagstaff, and was originally published on the NZ Herald website. We just think it’s super cool and wanted to share it. ...
by Young Workers Resource Centre | Mar 8, 2018 | Blog Posts
As many of you know here at the YWRC, we hear stories all the time about dodgy employers not offering contracts, or corporations using contract loopholes to get away with lesser conditions than workers are entitled to; but lately the issue that has become the most...
by Young Workers Resource Centre | Feb 20, 2018 | Blog Posts
Stories like this one from Stuff.co.nz are proof that 90 Day Trial Periods aren’t working. For anyone. Here at the Centre, we’re under no illusions that every single young person seeking advocacy for a workplace issue, is a perfect wee angel. We know that...
by Young Workers Resource Centre | Jan 5, 2018 | Blog Posts
The new year arrived with a hiss and a bang; and by that I actually mean high winds, and a tonne of water and rain. Not that I’m complaining that it isn’t bleedingly hot, but it certainly isn’t the stunning Summer many of us had hoped for. So with...
