Timeline
Use the menu below to explore different time periods
Furthest in the Future
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Conclude Bargaining
Bargaining concludes with a new collective agreement that sets the minimum terms for contracts going forward. These contracts might last from 3-6 years and a new round of collective bargaining would need to begin before they expire.
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Initiate Collective Bargaining
The worker organization would initiate collective bargaining with an engager organization to negotiate a collective agreement for all contractors covered by the Game Developer occupational group as defined in the final bill.
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Form or Join a Worker Organization
In order to engage in collective bargaining, workers would need to be represented by an organization during negotiations. This could be a new organization or one or many existing unions, guilds, etc.
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Royal Assent
The bill officially becomes law.
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Third Reading
The newly amended bill will have a final vote.
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Committee of the Whole House
Debate will be open to the whole of parliament to propose and debate amendments to the bill.
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Second Reading
The bill will have its second reading in parliament to introduce the changes suggested by the select committee. You can read more about those changes in the Bill Overview section.
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Above this line are things that might happen in the future. They don’t have any dates associated with them because the timing doesn’t follow a strict schedule. Most of the events have to happen in this order and if almost any of them don’t happen, everything that follows will not happen.
The Present
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Feedback on Proposals
August 2021 - Ongoing
We are continuing to provide feedback to MBIE about changes our community has voiced feedback on.
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Select Committee Changes
August 6, 2020
The select committee proposed changes that you can read about in the Updated Bill Overview section. These changes took into consideration our feedback that you helped shape through the survey on this website!
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Additional Feedback
July 2020
Supplemental feedback was provided based on the survey results you submitted as well as a separate supplemental submission by the NZGDA.
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Select Committee Hearing
June 3, 2020
The NZGDA and Michael Block (representing the feedback you submitted here) both gave presentations to the select committee about their written submissions and answered questions from the committee. You can watch the hearing here.
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Select Committee Submission
June 2, 2020
Based on your submissions and the feedback from the panel discussion, we put together a written submission for the select committee that can be found here:
Game Dev Rights Written Submission
The NZGDA submitted its own written submission which can be found here:
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Virtual Panel Discussion
April 21, 2020
In collaboration with the NZGDA, IGDA NZ, Aotearoa Tech Union, and meetups across the country, we held a panel discussion on the proposed changes to the law. You can watch the panel discussion here.
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First Reading
March 5, 2020
The bill had its first reading in Parliament.
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The Bill is Introduced
February 18, 2020
The bill was introduced in Parliament.
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NZGDC Panel Discussion
September 5, 2019
The NZGDA hosted a panel discussion with MBIE at NZGDC 2019 to discuss the upcoming bill and hold a Q&A about the changes.
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FIWG Makes Recommendations
October 17, 2018
The Film Industry Working Group made recommendations to the government to help in drafting the legislation. These recommendations included expanding the scope to include video games. You can read the full recommendations here.
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Working Group Established
December 13, 2017
The Film Industry Working Group (FIWG) was established to investigate how best to give workers in film (later extended to all of the “screen” industry) collective bargaining rights without substantially changing their employment type.