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Employment Relations Act 2000

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In this law, examples are used to help you understand what the law means. Here’s what you need to know about these examples:

Examples only show one way the law might work. They don’t limit how the law can be used in other situations.

If an example seems different from what the actual law says, the law is the one you should follow, not the example.

When the law talks about an ‘example’, it also includes any notes that go with that example. These notes are part of the example too.

Remember, examples are there to help you, but the actual words of the law are the most important.

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Topics:

Work and jobs > Worker rights

Rights and equality > Anti-discrimination

6: Meaning of employee, or

“This explains who counts as a worker and who doesn't in the eyes of the law.”

7: Object of this Part, or

“This part explains that workers can freely decide about joining unions, and nobody can treat them differently based on their choice.”

In this Act, an example is only illustrative of the provision it relates to and does not limit the provision.
If an example and the provision it relates to are inconsistent, the provision prevails.
In this section, example includes any note that relates to the example.

Notes

Section 6A: inserted, on 14 September 2006, by section 5 of the Employment Relations Amendment Act 2006 (2006 No 41).