New Zealand employment law guide : 2025 / by Simon Schofield.

Wellington: CCH New Zealand Limited, 2025

2025 edition.

202906

Labor laws and legislation -- New Zealand.

Industrial relations -- New Zealand.

This plain-language guide outlines and explains the laws which govern employment relations - including the duties and obligations of employers and employees, negotiating employment agreements, collective bargaining, health and safety at work, hours of work, pay and conditions, holidays, termination of employment, disputes and grievances, discrimination, information privacy, and much more. The guide uses decisions of the Employment Court, the Employment Relations Authority and other courts and tribunals to show how employment laws and agreements are interpreted and applied in real life. The guide is revised annually, so the law and decisions it reports are right up to date. The 2025 edition has been updated to include new and updated commentary on: the real nature of the relationship test for employment status legal issues relating to independent contractors and volunteers pre-employment obligations consultation requirements during a restructuring harassment of employees by third parties non-publication orders protected disclosures workplace investigations liability of officers for health and safety proposed reform of the test for employment status planned changes to reducing remedies for contribution the announced introduction of the ability to deduct for partial strikes and a high income threshold the direction on a replacement for the Holidays Act 2003

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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1 online resource (1008 pages) : eBook.