STRUCTURAL-CHANGE IN NEW-ZEALAND - SOME IMPLICATIONS FOR THE LABOR-MARKET REGIME

This article addresses the course and effects of the transformation of the New Zealand economy after 1984 to the time when industry and empl oyment collapse provided an opportune foundation for radical restructu ring of the labour mark et under the Employment Contracts Act 1991. Th at legislation occasioned a com plaint to the ILO's Committee on Freed om of Association. The author outlines a number of issues that emerged from court cases brought under the Act, and c oncludes with suggestio ns for the revision of the Act to achieve greater cons istency with IL O Conventions Nos. 87 and 98 and more satisfactory operational equity.