Adapting to the Recession: Labour Force Changes and Labour Costs Reductions

Authors

  • Anderson Gordon Victoria University of Wellington
  • Peter Brosnan Griffith University, Brisbane
  • Pat Walsh Victoria University of Wellington

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26686/lew.v0i0.893

Abstract

This paper will examine two aspects of the labour market flexibility, namely the ability of the workplaces to adjust their workforce and to reduce their relative labour costs. The survey covers the period ending in May 1991 during which firms faced considerable economic uncertainty and financial pressure. As with the above studies it confirms that considerable flexibility existed in the New Zealand labour market prior to the Employment Contracts Act.

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Author Biographies

Anderson Gordon, Victoria University of Wellington

Senior Lecturer in Commercial Law

Peter Brosnan, Griffith University, Brisbane

Professor of Industrial Relations, Division of Commerce and Administration

Pat Walsh, Victoria University of Wellington

Senior Lecturer in the Industrial Relations Centre

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Published

1992-11-12

Issue

1992: Labour, Employment and Work in New Zealand

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Articles

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