The goal of this law is to help you have a good relationship with your employer. This law wants to make sure you and your employer trust and respect each other. It also wants to make sure you are treated fairly at work.

This law aims to achieve this by promoting good faith in all aspects of your employment. Good faith means being honest and respectful in your interactions with your employer. It also means recognising that there can be an imbalance of power between you and your employer.

The law wants to promote collective bargaining, which is when a group of employees negotiate with their employer together. It also wants to protect your right to make your own choices about your employment. You can use mediation to resolve problems with your employer, which is a way of talking through issues with a neutral person to help you reach an agreement.

The law also wants to make sure that employment standards are enforced effectively. This means that Labour Inspectors, the Authority, and the court have the power to make sure your employer is treating you fairly. The law also wants to promote the principles of International Labour Organisation Conventions, which are like rules that countries can agree to follow to make sure workers are treated fairly. You can read more about these conventions and how they apply in New Zealand by looking at the Employment Relations Amendment Act (No 2) 2004 and the Employment Relations Amendment Act 2016.