O'Connor Greg; Menéndez March Ricardo; van Velden BrookeNew clause 6 New section 67BA inserted (Monitoring and reporting on use of trial provisions) CHAIRPERSON (Greg O'Connor): Members we come now to new clause 6 set out on Amendment Paper 7. This is an amendment proposed by Ricardo Menéndez March requiring annual monitoring and reporting on the use of trial provisions and their impact on the labour market. The question is that the amendment inserting new clause 6 set out on Amendment Paper 7 in the name of Ricardo Menéndez March be agreed to.RICARDO MENÉNDEZ MARCH (Green): Thank you Mr Chair. We know that the coalition has agreed to follow the best available data and evidence and wants to be guided by the facts. My amendment is an opportunity to honour that commitment by ensuring that we monitor and report annually on the use of these trial provisions and their impact on the labour market to see then if what the Minister has spoken about actually comes to fruition. If the Minister is very confident on what the coalition campaigned on then there is no reason to fear having this reporting and monitoring in place.What we hope that we can then achieve via this reporting is the effects of the trial provisions on things like wages. I've spoken about wages and about a couple of concerns we have around the negative impact these trials could have—things like job security so these provisions for example enabling people to stay longer or shorter amounts of time in those jobs and the terms of conditions of those employees. Are we improving health and safety standards in the workplace as a result of these trial provisions particularly the effects on Māori Pasifika women youth and disabled employees? I've canvassed some of those population groups in previous contributions but I think it's really important that we do have information on how specific population groups are affected and I think particularly when it comes to Māori that we also remind ourselves of our Tiriti commitments and therefore make sure that we are taking due diligence when it comes to policy making.The other component in my amendment is for the department to prepare a report every year and for that report to be publicly available within three months of the end of the financial year. This is also important for public scrutiny and for the public to have access to that information about how those trials are going for employers and workers as they are people we serve and they deserve to have that information made available to them. As part of my amendment an employer must—(a) provide information that is reasonably required by the department for the purpose of the reports;" and then we establish that link between those relevant departments and the employer and we think that's really important. Also the employer must "(b) notify the department as soon as practicable if the employer becomes aware that the information they have provided is or has become inaccurate." I think this is important as well because we can't just take that feedback about the impacts of those 90-day trials in good faith. We have to have those protections and safeguards to address information that may not be presented.I cannot emphasise enough how much I think that the Minister should take on board these suggestions in good faith. If we are to be guided by the facts and if the Minister is confident on what she's spoken to then this will just further add to her statement. It will further add to everything she has said and there should be no concerns about this amendment because sunlight will end up giving us clarity on the impact of the 90-day trials. It's been well canvassed that there's limited domestic evidence on the impact of 90-day trials here. Whatever little we have would not really be supporting what the Minister has brought forward but I do think that amendment on the reporting would help guide us as legislators to make better decisions going forward.So I'm really interested in hearing exactly what steps she wants to take if she doesn't want to take this amendment on board. I know she talks about investigating it but what does that look like? Can she give us confidence that the reporting and the monitoring will be thorough and that there will be resource allocated to this? Otherwise I think this amendment presents a really good opportunity to be guided by facts and evidence.Hon BROOKE VAN VELDEN (Minister for Workplace Relations and Safety): I thank the member for his suggestion but as I've suggested in clauses 4 and 5 and now in clause 6 I will consider any research and evaluation plans in the context of my wider work. However I don't consider it appropriate to include these provisions in this legislation."