The Government has recently announced its intention to make some significant changes to The Employment Relations Act and The Holidays Act. An outline in summary is:- Collective Bargaining At present the Employment Relations Act requires the parties in bargaining to “conclude” an agreement. The obligation is to be removed. The “30-day Rule” is also to…
1. Effective from 15 December 2008: There is no longer a personal grievance created if an employee is treated differently because they are a member of KiwiSaver, although the general unjustified disadvantage personal grievance provisions remain and are untested in this area. The use of total remuneration to include employer contributions has been modified to…
A personal grievance free period of 90 days for those employees initially hired on a trial period has been passed. Important aspects of the legislation are: It commences 01 March 2009 and applies to employment agreements entered into on, or after, that date. It only applies to employers with less than 20 employees as at…
