NZ Employment Law Overhaul 'Goes Live' on 6th March

Major changes to employment law in New Zealand come into effect on 6 March 2015.

The key changes include:

Extending the right to request flexible working arrangements to all employees
How employers and employees should agree on rest and meal breaks
Establishing a process for the transfer of employees in some industries if there is a restructure in the business or a change in business owner
Clarifying the confidential information that employers are obliged to give to affected employees in dismissal or redundancy situations
Changes to collective bargaining: reaching new collective agreements, opting out of multi-employer bargaining, removing the 30 day rule for new, non-union employees and allowing pay deductions of employees who take part in partial strikes
Setting time frames for the Employment Relations Authority to make determinations in an employment dispute.  

Visit the Ministry for Business, Innovation & Employment website for further information.