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69OG: Subpart prevails over agreement
or “ The rules in this part of the law are stronger than any other agreements people might make. ”
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“This part of the law aims to protect workers when their job changes to a new company by making sure their old boss talks to the new one about keeping them employed.”

This part of the law aims to protect you if your job is affected by changes in your workplace that the first part of the law doesn’t cover. If someone else takes over the work you do, this law makes sure your job contract includes rules about talks between your current boss and the new person or company. These talks are about moving you to work for the new person or company. This helps keep you safe if big changes happen at work.

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

69OHObject of this subpart

  1. The object of this subpart is to provide protection to employees to whom subpart 1 does not apply if, as a result of a restructuring, their work is to be performed by or on behalf of another person and, to this end, to require their employment agreements to contain employee protection provisions relating to negotiations between the employer and the other person about the transfer of affected employees to the other person.

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