On workplace law panel
for Britain’s National Health Service.
He then moved on to become director of rugby at College Rifles in Auckland, taking the team from 13th to the top eight. And, in 2013, he took over the top job at Wairarapa-Bush, at a time when the provincial side was in a poor financial situation.
He has also been an amateur and semi-professional rugby coach, developed coaching analysis app i-coachrugby, led the installation of groundbreaking synthetic rugby pitches, and has been the technical director for some rugby ads featured during the Rugby World Cup.
On Tuesday, Business NZ representative and Wellington Chamber of Commerce head John Milford said it was better for Business NZ to be involved in the working group than to ‘‘sit on the outside and lob hand grenades in’’.
While he had some reservations about the FPAs, business needed to be part of the discussion.
Business NZ chief executive Kirk Hope would be part of the panel. Hospitality NZ chief executive Vicki Lee would also have a seat at the panel to represent business.
It should come as no surprise that unions are involved in the process, with Council of Trade Unions president Richard Wagstaff named on the panel.
The union boss said he expected industries without high unionisation to benefit from FPA laws. He is also part of the group working to overhaul the Holidays Act.
The assistant national secretary of merged mega-union E tu¯ , John Ryall, is also weighing in on the changes.
Meanwhile, academics have also been included in the broad panel.
Victoria University Centre for Labour, Employment and Work director Dr Stephen Blumenfeld joins Dr Isabelle Sin – a fellow of Motu Economic and Public Policy Research, and Victoria University senior lecturer
Employment lawyer Steph Dyhrberg and He Wha¯nau Manaaki o Tararua Free Kindergarten Association senior manager Caroline Mareko are also on the working group.
Lees-Galloway said the team, led by Bolger, would develop recommendations on the design of an FPA system, and report back by the end of the year. The panel would work with businesses, organisations and workers to develop a new framework.