Resources

An application form that is completed pre-interview (usually at the time the person comes to attend the interview) is a valuable tool for corroborating the information a person supplies in their CV.

Employment under casual agreements needs to be properly managed so that workplace practices do not of themselves create a different legal relationship than that which was intended.

Use this guide to understand what the Children’s Act 2014 is and whether it applies to your workplace.

This guide covers the operation of collective agreements including what they must contain and how they can be enforced.

The Construction Contracts Act 2002 gives protection to building sub-contractors in the construction industry.

Use this guide to understand the differences between a contract of service and a contract for service, the consequences of incorrectly classifying a relationship as a contract for service and the tests which are used to correctly classify the working relationship.

The intention of this Act is to allow individuals with convictions (who qualify for the scheme) to have those convictions concealed by the Department of Justice, and to state that they have no criminal record when asked.

Use this guide to understand the law regarding the payment of wages, when it is lawful to make deductions from an employee’s pay, when wages can be withheld from an employee and when the overpayment of wages to an employee can be recovered.

Employment agreements (both new and existing) of all employees who are not in the specified category of vulnerable employees must contain an  employment protection provision.

Your guide to understanding the Equal Pay Act and the pay equity claim process.

This guide provides information on essential services, which are those services that have been identified by Parliament as being services where other interests must be protected if work in those services stops for a period of time owing to a strike or lockout.

Use this guide to understand when a fixed term employment agreement can be legally used, in what circumstances are using fixed term agreements prohibited and ow to correctly create a legitimate fixed term employment agreement.

This guide covers the legislative requirements when an employee requests a variation of their working arrangement.

This guide sets out where the term good faith appears in legislation that is directly relevant to employment and provides some useful insight into what “good faith” means in those contexts.

Your policies and procedures should be linked to your employment agreements, and must take into account your obligations under the legislation that governs your employment relationships.

Use this guide to understand your legal obligations if you wish to employ people from overseas.

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.

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.