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Employment Rights
Everyone who works in New Zealand has the same basic rights.
- Your rights as an employee include:
You areallowed four weeks paid annual holidays after you have worked in one
place for 12 months.
- You are allowed 11 paid public holidays if they aredays when you would normally work.
- You are allowed five days paid sickleave a year after six months in the job, and five days paid sick
leave every 12 months after that.
- You are allowed three days bereavementleave on the death of an immediate family member, or one day of leavewhere your employer recognises that you have suffered a bereavement(you are entitled to this after six months in the job).
- You can choosewhether to join or not to join a union.
- You are entitled to be paid atleast the minimum wage.
- You have the right to health and safety atwork.
- You have the right to parental leave.
- You have the right toundertake voluntary military servicediscrimination and sexualharassment at work are not permitted.
An employment agreementif youbelong to a union your employment agreement will be the collectiveemployment agreement negotiated between your employer and the union.
You cannot be prevented from getting a job because you are or are not
a member of a union.
If you are not part of a union, you will have an individual employment
agreement. By law, this must be in writing and must include:
the names of the employer and employee description of the work the
employee is expected to do, where the work will be done, the hours of
work, wage rates or salary, a plain language explanation of services
available for any employment relationship problems, a requirement to pay
at least time and a half for work on a public holidayfor most
employees, what is known as an employment protection provision, which
means that you will be protected if the business is sold or
transferred or the work you do is contracted out.
Other topics that canbe covered in employment agreements include the training that will be
given, company rules and policies, and processes that will be followed
if your employment ends.
For more information http://dol.govt.nz/er/
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