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Employment Relations Act 2000

Continuity of employment if employees' work affected by restructuring - Specified categories of employees

69L: Agreements excluding entitlements for technical redundancy not affected

You could also call this:

“This rule protects agreements that say you don't get extra money if you choose not to work for a new boss.”

This part of the law is about what happens when your job changes because of restructuring. It says that if you have an agreement with your employer that says you won’t get redundancy pay in certain situations, this law doesn’t change that agreement.

For example, if you have the chance to move to a new employer but you choose not to, your agreement might say you don’t get redundancy pay. This law doesn’t affect that kind of agreement.

The law also mentions that it doesn’t change or limit section 605 of the Education and Training Act 2020. This means that if you work in education, there might be special rules that apply to you.

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Part 6A Continuity of employment if employees' work affected by restructuring
Specified categories of employees

69LAgreements excluding entitlements for technical redundancy not affected

  1. To avoid doubt, this subpart does not limit or affect any terms and conditions of employment under which the employee's entitlement to redundancy entitlements is excluded where the employee may transfer to the new employer but elects not to do so.

  2. This subpart does not limit or affect section 605 of the Education and Training Act 2020.

Notes
  • Section 69L: substituted, on , by section 6 of the Employment Relations Amendment Act 2006 (2006 No 41).
  • Section 69L(2): amended, on , by section 668 of the Education and Training Act 2020 (2020 No 38).