Essential New Zealand Employment Legislation, 5th Edition

This valuable book brings together key employment legislation specifically selected for human resource practitioners, employment relations specialists, union officials and students.

Consolidated to 4 April 2016, Essential New Zealand Employment Legislation includes the new Health and Safety at Work Act and some major regulations made under it. It also incorporates important employment standards amendments affecting five key statutes.

The book contains: 

• Employment Relations Act 2000
• Wages Protection Act 1983
• Equal Pay Act 1972
• Minimum Wage Act 1983
• Minimum Wage Order 2016
• Holidays Act 2003
• Parental Leave and Employment Protection Act 1987
• Parental Leave and Employment Protection Regulations 2016
• Parental Leave and Employment Protection (Rate of Parental Leave Payment) Regulations 2015 
• Privacy Act 1993
• Human Rights Act 1993
• Human Rights Amendment Act 1994
• Protected Disclosures Act 2000
• Health and Safety at Work Act 2015
• Health and Safety at Work (General Risk and Workplace Management) Regulations 2016 
• Health and Safety at Work (Worker Engagement, Participation, and Representation) Regulations 2016 
• Health and Safety at Work (Rates of Funding Levy) Regulations 2016 
• Health and Safety at Work (Infringement Offences and Fees) Regulations 2016.

Detailed history notes and a comprehensive index are also included.