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Employment New Zealand
Employment New Zealand
  • Starting employment
      Starting employment

      Starting a new job is an exciting and challenging time. It’s important for employers to use good hiring processes, and for everyone to follow minimum rights and responsibilities.

      • Who is an employee
      • Hiring
      • Sample appointment letters
      • Employment agreements
      • Trial and probationary periods
      • Unions & bargaining
      • Workplace relationships in the screen industry
      • Rights and responsibilities
      • Right to work in New Zealand
  • Hours and wages
      Hours and wages

      All about pay, hours at work, record keeping and what breaks employees are entitled to.

      • Pay and wages
      • Rests and breaks
      • Hours of work
      • Keeping accurate records
  • Leave and holidays
      Leave and holidays

      Employees become entitled to annual holidays, public holidays, sick leave, bereavement leave, parental leave and other types of leave as long as they meet certain conditions.

      • Alternative holidays
      • Minimum leave and holidays entitlements
      • Public holidays
      • Annual holidays
      • Sick leave
      • Otherwise working day
      • Bereavement leave
      • Parental leave
      • Family violence leave
      • Other types of leave
      • Calculating payments for holidays and leave
  • Workplace policies
      Workplace policies

      Clear workplace policies and procedures support employment agreements and mean everyone knows how things are meant to be done. This section provides help in some key areas.

      • What are workplace policies?
      • Employee performance
      • Health and safety at work
      • Ethical and sustainable work practices
      • Productive workplaces
      • Protected disclosures
      • Workplace change
      • Restraint of trade
      • Work equipment and clothing
      • Tests and checks
      • Employment for disabled people
      • COVID-19 and the workplace
  • Resolving problems
      Resolving problems

      The best way to prevent and resolve relationship problems between employers and employees.

      • Employer and employee must do’s
      • Types of problems
      • Steps to resolve
      • Preventing relationship problems
      • Escalating unresolved issues
  • Ending employment
      Ending employment

      There are several ways in which employment relationships may be ended, such as resignation, retirement, dismissal or redundancy.

      • Resignation
      • Abandonment of employment
      • Constructive dismissal
      • Retirement
      • Dismissal
      • Redundancy
      • Giving notice
      • Final pay
  • Starting employment
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    • Starting employment
    • Who is an employee
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      • Who is an employee
      • Types of employee
      • Contractor versus employee
      • Volunteers
    • Hiring
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      • Hiring
      • Preparing for the hiring process
      • Describing the job
      • Advertising the job
      • Job applications
      • Interviews
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        • Interviews
        • Interview tips for applicants
      • Selecting and appointing
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        • Selecting and appointing
        • Psychometric testing and assessment centres
      • Induction
      • Discrimination when hiring
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        • Discrimination when hiring
        • Transgender employees
      • Hiring young people
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        • Hiring young people
        • Why employ young people
        • Find and hire young staff
        • Support and train young staff
        • Help and resources for young people
        • Barriers to youth employment
      • Hiring migrants
    • Sample appointment letters
    • Employment agreements
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      • Employment agreements
      • Types of employment agreements
      • Things an employment agreement must contain
      • Offering and negotiating employment agreements
      • Employment agreement builder
      • Unfair bargaining
    • Trial and probationary periods
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      • Trial and probationary periods
      • Trial periods
      • Probationary periods
    • Unions & bargaining
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      • Unions and bargaining
      • Unions
      • Fair Pay Agreements
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        • Fair Pay Agreements
        • Overview of Fair Pay Agreements
        • Quick guides – Understanding Fair Pay Agreements
        • Information for bargaining parties
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          • Information for bargaining parties
          • Forms for the Fair Pay Agreements process
          • Initiating bargaining for a Fair Pay Agreement
          • Becoming a bargaining party and establishing the bargaining sides
          • Content for a Fair Pay Agreement
          • Duties for each bargaining side during bargaining
          • Employee bargaining side – specific requirements
          • Support during bargaining
          • Finalising a proposed Fair Pay Agreement
        • Your rights as an employee in the Fair Pay Agreement system
        • Employer responsibilities and rights in the Fair Pay Agreement process
        • Your privacy – information we collect during the Fair Pay Agreement process
      • Collective agreements
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        • Collective agreements
        • Collective bargaining
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          • Collective bargaining
          • Initiation of collective bargaining
          • Preparing for bargaining
          • Preparing your team
          • Negotiating the agreement
          • After the negotiations
          • Good faith
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            • Good faith
            • Code of good faith in collective bargaining
        • Passing on collective agreement terms
      • Unable to agree
      • Strikes and lockouts
      • Work stoppages
      • Employment Relations Education leave
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        • Employment Relations Education leave
        • Calculating, allocating and taking leave
        • Approved courses
        • Applying for course approval
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          • Applying for employment relations education course approval
          • Criteria to assess course approval
          • Critical success factors
        • Using pre-approved courses
        • Applying to have a course re-approved
    • Workplace relationships in the screen industry
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      • Workplace relationships in the screen industry
      • What work is covered by the Screen Industry Workers Act
      • Contracts between engagers and workers
      • Collective bargaining in the screen industry
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        • Collective bargaining in the screen industry
        • Bargaining for occupational contracts
        • Bargaining for enterprise contracts
      • Resolving disputes in the screen industry
      • Workplace access in the screen industry
    • Rights and responsibilities
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      • Rights and responsibilities
      • Minimum rights of employees
      • Minimum rights in other languages
      • Employment responsibilities
      • Working more than one job
      • Protecting employees who work alone
      • Young employees
    • Right to work in New Zealand
  • Hours and wages
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    • Hours and wages
    • Pay and wages
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      • Pay and wages
      • Types of pay
      • Minimum wage
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        • Minimum wage
        • Types
        • Current rates
        • Previous rates
        • Disability exemptions
        • Agricultural industry
        • Foreign fishing crews
      • Pay day
      • Deductions
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        • Deductions
        • Taxes
      • How much to pay
      • Benefits and allowances
      • Pay and gender
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        • Pay and employment equity
        • Pay equity
        • Gender pay gap
        • Pay review process
        • Pay review analysis
        • Evaluation of equitable jobs
        • Spotlight skills recognition tool