Nicola Willis' state surrender from pay equity not only damages the quality of public services, but will also damage the government's future electability.
I read somewhere that some of these businesses "manage" their accounts by manipulating their profitability figures between Australia and NZ so they can minimize the tax they have to pay. It might be legal to do this, but it really isn't moral. And we can anticipate more of this behaviour if ACT's next bill about standards goes through - it will ensure things which we don't approve of are still legal so will go ahead!
Interesting to read of the sidelining of Casie Costello. As an elderly person myself, I emailed her last week to check what the outlook would be, should I and others require support to "age in place" (remain at home with some support which is a cheaper option for the govt than having to move into an institutional setting). I am aware that even now there is a dearth of such support workers and if they are not finding the work pays enough then we might expect that dearth to increase. Casie Costello replied that she was forwarding my enquiry to van Velden as it was not her domain. So I guess the NZFirst party doesn't care about the elderly unless there is a vote in it!
Wouldn't we rather BUPA made no profit (and paid no tax) because all their income was spent on wages for care workers and reinvesting in facilities?
I read somewhere that some of these businesses "manage" their accounts by manipulating their profitability figures between Australia and NZ so they can minimize the tax they have to pay. It might be legal to do this, but it really isn't moral. And we can anticipate more of this behaviour if ACT's next bill about standards goes through - it will ensure things which we don't approve of are still legal so will go ahead!
Interesting to read of the sidelining of Casie Costello. As an elderly person myself, I emailed her last week to check what the outlook would be, should I and others require support to "age in place" (remain at home with some support which is a cheaper option for the govt than having to move into an institutional setting). I am aware that even now there is a dearth of such support workers and if they are not finding the work pays enough then we might expect that dearth to increase. Casie Costello replied that she was forwarding my enquiry to van Velden as it was not her domain. So I guess the NZFirst party doesn't care about the elderly unless there is a vote in it!