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Give businesses the carrot, not the stick says BusinessNZ

BusinessNZ CEO Kirk Hope says Labour's policy to tax businesses employing foreign workers would hurt small businesses. Plus, what do NBR readers think?  

Jason Walls
Mon, 07 Nov 2016

New Zealand’s main business lobby group is slamming Labour’s plans to tax employers that hire offshore to fill skilled positions, calling it “illogical.”

BusinessNZ chief executive Kirk Hope says businesses should be given an incentive to hire Kiwi staff, not a tax.

At Labour’s annual

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Jason Walls
Mon, 07 Nov 2016
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