Ref: 2324-1169

Kia ora Adam,

On behalf of the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment I
acknowledge your email of 27 November 2023 requesting, under the Official
Information Act 1982 (the Act), the following:

‘I request under the Official Information Act all information and policy
work on fair pay agreement that may be useful to the public or a future
government.

The constant changes of government shouldn't mean that tax payer funds are
used to start from scratch again each time a government switches over.

I'm happy for this to be an information zip folder..’

 

Please note that the days from 25 December 2023 to 15 January 2024
(inclusive) are defined as non- working days in the Act and are not
counted in the calculation for the response due date. This may affect the
time period for responding to your request.

 

We will endeavour to respond to your request as soon as possible, and no
later than 16 January, being 20 working days after the day your request
was received. If we are unable to respond to your request by then, we will
notify you of an extension of that timeframe.  If you have any enquiries
regarding your request feel free to contact us via email to
[1][MBIE request email].

 

Nâku noa, nâ

Ministerial Services

 

Corporate Services, Finance & Enablement

Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment

15 Stout Street, Wellington 6011 |  PO Box 1473 Wellington 6140

 

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Dear Adam

 

Thanks for your OIA request about Fair Pay Agreements material. I’d like
to have a chat with you about it this week please if that suits you, as
most of the advice we provided the last government on Fair Pay Agreements
is proactively released on MBIE’s website at the addresses below. Could
you please give me a number to call you on, so we can discuss tailoring
this request to suit what you’re looking for? You can contact me directly
on [1][email address].

 

[2]Fair Pay Agreements | Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment
(mbie.govt.nz)

[3]Document library | Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment
(mbie.govt.nz)

 

Thanks,

Beth

 

BETH GOODWIN

Manager, Employment Relations Policy

 

Workplace Relations and Safety Policy Branch | Ministry of Business,
Innovation & Employment

[4][email address]

Level 6, 15 Stout St, Wellington 6011 | PO Box 1473, Wellington 6140, New
Zealand

 

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Dear Adam

 

I haven’t heard from you since my email a week ago, so am following up. I
am still keen to talk with you please about tailoring the scope of your
request, which was for “all information and policy work on fair pay
agreement that may be useful to the public or a future government”.

 

To give an idea of the scale, my team has been working on Fair Pay
Agreements since approximately 2017, and several teams in other parts of
MBIE have been working on it since the FPA Act came into force last year.
So I’m sure you’ll understand that in addition to the advice to the
Minister which has been proactively released (links are in my email
below), a lot of information has been created over that time. If we aren’t
able to narrow the scope, I’ll need to decline the request on the ground
of substantial collation.

 

Please get in touch with me by Friday 8 December.

 

Thanks,

Beth

 

BETH GOODWIN

Manager, Employment Relations Policy

 

Workplace Relations and Safety Policy Branch | Ministry of Business,
Innovation & Employment

[1][email address]

Level 6, 15 Stout St, Wellington 6011 | PO Box 1473, Wellington 6140, New
Zealand

 

From: Beth Goodwin
Sent: Wednesday, 29 November 2023 3:25 pm
To: [FOI #24883 email]
Subject: Your OIA request about Fair Pay Agreements [IN-CONFIDENCE:
RELEASE-EXTERNAL]

 

Dear Adam

 

Thanks for your OIA request about Fair Pay Agreements material. I’d like
to have a chat with you about it this week please if that suits you, as
most of the advice we provided the last government on Fair Pay Agreements
is proactively released on MBIE’s website at the addresses below. Could
you please give me a number to call you on, so we can discuss tailoring
this request to suit what you’re looking for? You can contact me directly
on [2][email address].

 

[3]Fair Pay Agreements | Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment
(mbie.govt.nz)

[4]Document library | Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment
(mbie.govt.nz)

 

Thanks,

Beth

 

BETH GOODWIN

Manager, Employment Relations Policy

 

Workplace Relations and Safety Policy Branch | Ministry of Business,
Innovation & Employment

[5][email address]

Level 6, 15 Stout St, Wellington 6011 | PO Box 1473, Wellington 6140, New
Zealand

 

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5. mailto:[email address]

Ref: 2324-1169

Dear Adam

Please see attached document in response to your Information Request of 27
November 2023.

If you have any queries regarding your request, feel free to email us at
[1][email address]

Ngā mihi

MINISTERIAL SERVICES

Group Business Management, Strategy, Performance & Design

Te Whakatairanga Service Delivery
Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment
15 Stout Street, Wellington, 6011

 

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Ref: 2324-1342

 

Kia ora Adam Irish,

 

On behalf of the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment I
acknowledge your email of 15 Dcember 2023 requesting under the Official
Information Act 1982 (the Act), the following:

 

‘Will these documents always be available on the MBIE website?

 

I'm requesting any new briefings to Ministers that aren't incorporated in
the proactive release material relating to Fair pay agreements.’

 

Please note that the days from 25 December 2023 to 15 January 2024
(inclusive) are defined as non- working days in the Act and are not
counted in the calculation for the response due date. This may affect the
time period for responding to your request.

 

We will endeavour to respond to your request as soon as possible, and no
later than 05 February 2024, being 20 working days after the day your
request was received. If we are unable to respond to your request by then,
we will notify you of an extension of that timeframe.  If you have any
enquiries regarding your request feel free to contact us via email
to [1][MBIE request email].

 

 

Nâku noa, nâ

Ministerial Services

 

Corporate Services, Finance & Enablement

Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment

15 Stout Street, Wellington 6011 |  PO Box 1473 Wellington 6140

 

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mailto:[MBIE request email]

Dear Adam,

 

Thank you for sending through your new request:

 

“Will these documents always be available on the MBIE website?

I'm requesting any new briefings to Ministers that aren't incorporated in
the proactive release material relating to Fair pay agreements”

 

We would like to seek clarification on your request, particularly what you
mean by “new” briefings to Ministers:

o Are you requesting only briefings that have gone to the new Minister
for Workplace Relations and Safety (since the 2023 General Election);
or
o Are you requesting any previous briefings that have gone to the
Minister for Workplace Relations and Safety before the 2023 General
Election, other than those that have been proactively released?

 

Please let us know by 22 December 2023.

 

Ngâ mihi,

 

Ministerial Services

Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment

15 Stout Street, Wellington 6011 | PO Box 1473, Wellington 6140

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Dear Adam,

 

We are following up on our request for you to clarify the scope of your
OIA request:

 

“Will these documents always be available on the MBIE website?

 

I'm requesting any new briefings to Ministers that aren't incorporated in
the proactive release material relating to Fair pay agreements”

 

On 19 December 2023 we asked you to clarify whether you intended to
request:

o only briefings that have gone to the new Minister for Workplace
Relations and Safety (since the 2023 General Election); or
o previous briefings that have gone to the Minister for Workplace
Relations and Safety before the 2023 General Election, other than
those that have been proactively released.

 

We asked you to clarify your request by 22 December 2023. To date we have
not received a response from you.

 

We intend to proceed with your request on the basis that you are asking
for briefings that have gone to the Minister for Workplace Relations and
Safety after the 2023 General Election.

 

If you are unsatisfied with this approach please further clarify your
request by 19 January 2024.

 

Ngâ mihi,

 

 

Ministerial Services

Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment

15 Stout Street, Wellington 6011 | PO Box 1473, Wellington 6140

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Tēnā koe Adam,

 

Please find attached MBIE's response to your request for Information.

 

Nāku iti nei, nā

 

Oliver Maskell (He/Him)

Senior Ministerial Advisor

Labour, Science and Enterprise Group

Group Operations

Business Management

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MINISTRY OF BUSINESS INNOVATION & EMPLOYMENT / HIKINA WHAKATUTUKI

PO Box 1473 Wellington | Level 6, 15 Stout Street, Wellington
6011 |[2]www.mbie.govt.nz  

 

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Tēnā koe Adam,

 

Please find attached MBIE's response to your request for Information.

 

Nāku iti nei, nā

 

Oliver Maskell (He/Him)

Senior Ministerial Advisor

Labour, Science and Enterprise Group

Group Operations

Business Management

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MINISTRY OF BUSINESS INNOVATION & EMPLOYMENT / HIKINA WHAKATUTUKI

PO Box 1473 Wellington | Level 6, 15 Stout Street, Wellington
6011 |[2]www.mbie.govt.nz  

 

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