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Crown Entities Act 2004

Operation of Crown entities - Provisions applying generally to Crown entities - Employees

116: Employment of employees

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If the Governor-General tells a Crown entity to do something, it must talk to the Public Service Commissioner before agreeing to employment terms. You have to consider what the Commissioner says. The Governor-General can make rules for some or all Crown entities and their employees. If a Crown entity does not follow these rules, it does not affect what its employees do. This section does not limit what is said in section 117.

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Part 3Operation of Crown entities
Provisions applying generally to Crown entities: Employees

116Employment of employees

  1. If the Governor-General, by Order in Council, requires it, a Crown entity to which the order applies must not agree to terms and conditions of employment in a collective employment agreement, or an amendment to those terms and conditions, without—

  2. consulting the Public Service Commissioner; and
    1. having regard to the recommendations the Commissioner makes to the Crown entity within a reasonable time of being consulted.

      1. An Order in Council may relate to—

      2. all statutory entities and Crown entity companies, categories or types of statutory entities or Crown entity companies, or specific statutory entities or Crown entity companies:
        1. all employees or classes of employees of those employers.

          1. A failure to comply with this section does not invalidate the acts of an employee of a Crown entity.

          2. This section does not limit section 117.

          Notes
          • Section 116(1)(a): amended, on , by section 135 of the Public Service Act 2020 (2020 No 40).