Resources

This guide provides some indication of what incompatibility means, when and how the term should be used, and what your obligations are in managing an instance of it.

Use this guide to help you understand Individual Employment Agreements including minimum requirements, good faith bargaining, what to do when a collective employment agreement is in force and terms of employment.

Information and communications technology policies (ICT policies) explain to your employees the intended use of all of your organisation’s information and communication technology, and what will constitute misuse and abuse.

Use this guide to understand informed consent in an employment context and the legislation that promotes and protects it.

This guide gives a general overview of what is involved in an IRD audit.

A job description (or position description) should reflect a comprehensive analysis of what the employee will be required to do, how they will be required to do it and what the required result will be in relation to the position.

This guide covers jury service from an employment context including deferral, excusal and fees.

Our premier guide to understanding the KiwiSaver legislation and the obligations it places on the employer.

This guide outlines disobedience and insubordination and gives advice on how to manage both situations.

This guide includes samples of various leave forms including forms for; annual, sick, bereavement and parental leave.

This is a term sometimes used for leave that is additional to the minimum requirements as set out by the Holidays Act 2003.

A brief description of the mediation facility available to employers and employees to resolve employment disputes.

This guide provides an overview of medical certificates in employment and privacy law as related to medical certificates.

This guide covers the most common times when medical examinations and situations in which medical examinations in employment are considered.

The term "minimum employment code” is often found in case law and legislation. It refers to those laws that protect the basic rights of employees (and in some instances, other people) in New Zealand to minimum standards of employment.

This guide outlines the current minimum wage and provides the key components to the Minimum Wage Act 1983.

A Multi-Employer Collective Agreement (MECA) is a single collective agreement that can cover more than one employer and can cover more than one union.

This guide provides information on what OOS is, how it may apply to your business, steps for prevention, how some cases should be managed and when a situation requires particularized and specialist advice.

This guide discusses the purpose and principles of the Official Information Act 1982.