Part 1
Key provisions
Good faith employment relations
4APenalty for certain breaches of duty of good faith
A party to an employment relationship who fails to comply with the duty of good faith in section 4(1) is liable to a penalty under this Act if—
- the failure was deliberate, serious, and sustained; or
- the failure was intended to—
- undermine bargaining for an individual employment agreement or a collective agreement; or
- undermine an individual employment agreement or a collective agreement; or
- undermine an employment relationship; or
- undermine the pay equity claim resolution process under
Part 4 of the Equal Pay Act 1972; or
- undermine bargaining for an individual employment agreement or a collective agreement; or
- the failure was a breach of
section 59B or
section 59C.
Notes
- Section 4A: inserted, on , by section 6 of the Employment Relations Amendment Act (No 2) 2004 (2004 No 86).
- Section 4A(b): replaced, on , by section 33 of the Equal Pay Amendment Act 2020 (2020 No 45).