What I learnt from this was the power of good legislative change. This standard of respect may be frequently broken, but it is a standard that Parliament set and it has shaped the values and guided those who genuinely seek to be good employers and employees. I do not discount the many injustices that still harm many New Zealanders in our workplaces; I wouldn't be here if I did. But the legislative change that successfully engendered greater respect between people in the workplace was us.