Fair pay agreements

The Fair Pay Agreements Act 2022 and Fair Pay Agreements Regulations 2022 came into force on 1 December 2022. The following commentary has been added in Employment Law:

Introduction to the Fair Pay Agreements Act 2022

• [FPIntro.01] Purpose
• [FPIntro.02] Framework for bargaining
• [FPIntro.03] Bargaining process
• [FPIntro.04] Mandatory features
• [FPIntro.05] Public input/response

Fair Pay Agreements Act 2022 annotations

• [FP3.01] Purpose of Act
• [FP9.01] Object of pt 2
• [FP11.01] Who may represent covered employees’ interests
• [FP17.01] Duty of good faith
• [FP24.01] Strikes and lockouts
• [FP91.01] Denying workplace access on religious grounds — strict criteria
• [FP244.01] Determining that initiation conditions met

Employment Relations Act 2000 annotations

• [ER14.07] Employee bargaining party under FPAA 2022
• [ER86.01(4)] Relates to a fair pay agreement — s 86(1)(ea)
• [ER132.03] District in which employee worked

Screen industry workers

The Screen Industry Workers Act 2022 and Screen Industry Workers (Registrar Functions and Other Prescribed Matters) Regulations 2022 came into force on 30 December 2022. The following commentary has been added in Employment Law:

Introduction to the Screen Industry Workers Act 2022

• [SIIntro.01] Overview of Act
• [SIIntro.02] Part 1 (ss 3–13) — preliminary provisions
• [SIIntro.03] Part 2 (ss 14–19) — good faith and freedom of association
• [SIIntro.04] Part 3 (ss 20–25) — individual contracts
• [SIIntro.05] Part 4 (ss 26–68) — collective bargaining
• [SIIntro.06] Part 5 (ss 69–81) — dispute resolution, challenges, reviews, penalties and offences
• [SIIntro.07] Part 6 (ss 82–105) – miscellaneous provisions and amendments to other Acts

Employment Relations Act 2000 annotations

• [ER6.03(21)] Screen production workers
• [ER161.32] Authority’s jurisdiction under Screen Industry Workers Act 2022 — s 161(4)

To access these and other developments in Employment Law on Westlaw New Zealand, see Employment Law — What’s New.