Workplace Legislation
Legislative provisions that impact on the workplace (links to NZ Legislation and Department of Labour)
- Employment Relations Act and amendment regarding Trial Periods, effective from August 2000
- Employment Relations Act and amendments 2004
- Employment Relations (Breaks, Infant Feeding and Other Matters) Amendment Act 2008
- Equal Pay Act 1972
- Health and Safety at Work Act 2015
- Holidays Act 2003
- Human Rights Act 1993 and amendments
- Accident Compensation Act 2001
- Kiwisaver Act 2006
- Minimum Wages Act and amendments 2008
- Parental Leave and Employment Protection Act 1987 and amendments 2008
- Privacy Act 1993 and amendments
- Protected Disclosures Act 2000
- Smoke-free Environments Act 1990 and amendments
- Treaty of Waitangi Act 1975 and amendments
- Volunteers Employment Protection Act 1973 and amendments 2007
- Wages Protection Act 1983 and amendment 2007
Other
- Income Tax Act
- Child Support Act
- Minimum Wage Order (which sets the minimum wage rate).
Non Legislation Information
Updated March 2018
