Employment

The Tourism Industry Association (TIA)'s employment policy submissions

Employment Relations (Rest and Meal Breaks) Amendment Bill
June 2010
TIA has lodged a submission to Parliament in support of the government’s proposals to bring more flexibility into the rest and meal break provisions of the Employment Relations Act.

Rest and Meal Breaks Amendment Bill

Holidays Act
August 2009
Following extensive feedback from members, TIA has lodged a submission with the Department of Labour on the review of the Holidays Act.  Included in the submission are results from the member survey, as well as comment on some of the key aspects of the Review, namely the calculation of relevant daily pay, the trading of the fourth week’s holiday for cash and the transfer of public holidays.  Please read our submission below.

Holidays Act Submission Adobe Acrobat Document: 82.5 KB, 12 seconds @ 56kbps

Employment Relations (Breaks and Infant Feeding) Amendment Bill
May 2008
The government is reviewing employment relations law and is proposing to introduce mandatory rest and meal break periods into the workplace. A plan to require employers to provide facilities for infant feeding at work is also proposed. TIA believes the legislation for rest and meal breaks is unnecessary but it supports facilities for feeding infants at work where it is reasonable and practicable to do so.
  Employment Relations (Breaks and Infant Feeding)

Click here to access earlier Policy submissions from 2007 back to 2001.