New Zealand's workforce has improved from the 1991 introduction of the employment contract agreements, and fair pay agreements are a backward step. One of my employees said to me last week, "What else are they going to do to business. Do they want us all to end up on the dole?" Good employees will suffer. I couldn't believe my ears when I heard a leader from the Public Service Association recently say that they didn't believe in performance pay, meaning everyone should get the same. Hard-working New Zealanders should be very concerned about this legislation. Everyone benefits from your hard work.