Resources
Mediation
A brief description of the mediation facility available to employers and employees to resolve employment disputes.
Medical Certificates
This guide provides an overview of medical certificates in employment and privacy law as related to medical certificates.
Medical Examinations
This guide covers the most common times when medical examinations and situations in which medical examinations in employment are considered.
Minimum Employment Code
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.
Minimum Wage Act 1983
This guide outlines the current minimum wage and provides the key components to the Minimum Wage Act 1983.
Multi-Employer Collective Agreements
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.
Occupational Overuse Syndrome
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.
Official Information Act
This guide discusses the purpose and principles of the Official Information Act 1982.
PAYE
Our premier guide to PAYE deductions. It includes information on different tax codes, record keeping and filing, as well as taxing holiday pay and redundancy payments.
Parental Leave
Our premier guide that covers paid parental leave, extended leave and paternity leave under the Parental Leave and Employment Protection Act 1987.
Performance Management
Our premier guide to conducting performance management which includes a sample procedure.
Personal Grievances
This guide provides an overview of Personal Grievance claims against an employer, how they are raised, discussed, and potentially resolved.
Pre-Employment Checks
Your guide to using pre-employment checks to confirm that an applicant is suited to the position offered, and be able to identify where they may be considered discriminatory.
Privacy
This guide deals with the Privacy Act 2020 and concentrates on employers’ obligations to their employees and any other issues that arise out of employment.
Private Health and Safety Prosecutions
This guide provides information on what is required before a private prosecution can be taken and information on what must be established by the prosecution in those proceedings.
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