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Equal Pay Act 1972

General provisions - Notices, penalties, and enforcement

17: Records to be kept by employers

You could also call this:

"What records employers must keep about their employees"

You need to know that a law called the Equal Pay Act 1972 had a part about employers keeping records. This part was called section 17 and it was about what records employers had to keep. Section 17 was repealed, which means it is no longer a law, on 6 November 2020, by section 22 of the Equal Pay Amendment Act 2020, you can find more information about this on the New Zealand legislation website. You should look at the current laws to see what records employers need to keep now. The old law is not used anymore.

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Part 5General provisions
Notices, penalties, and enforcement

17Records to be kept by employers (Repealed)

    Notes
    • Section 17: repealed, on , by section 22 of the Equal Pay Amendment Act 2020 (2020 No 45).