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Employment Relations Act 2000

Continuity of employment if employees' work affected by restructuring - Disclosure of information relating to transfer of employees

69OF: Employer who is subject to Official Information Act 1982

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“Rules for sharing work information when the government is your boss”

If you work for an employer that follows the Official Information Act 1982, they must give you any information you ask for under this part of the law. The only exception is if the information falls under section 6 of that Act. Your employer can’t use any other part of the Official Information Act 1982 as a reason to keep information from you.

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Part 6A Continuity of employment if employees' work affected by restructuring
Disclosure of information relating to transfer of employees

69OFEmployer who is subject to Official Information Act 1982

  1. Nothing in the Official Information Act 1982 (except section 6) enables an employer that is subject to that Act to withhold information that is requested under this subpart.

Notes
  • Section 69OF: inserted, on , by section 6 of the Employment Relations Amendment Act 2006 (2006 No 41).