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Employment Relations Act 2000

Strikes and lockouts - Essential services

92: Chief executive to ensure mediation services provided

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“The boss must quickly find someone to help workers and employers talk things out to avoid stopping work”

When the chief executive gets a notice that someone plans to strike or lock out workers, they must make sure mediation services are provided quickly. These services are meant to help the people involved avoid the need for the strike or lockout. The notice could come from either the workers or the employer. The chief executive has to do this when they receive a notice under section 90(1)(b)(i) or section 91(1)(b)(i). Mediation services are there to help both sides talk and try to solve their problems without having to stop work.

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Part 8 Strikes and lockouts
Essential services

92Chief executive to ensure mediation services provided

  1. Where the chief executive receives a notice of intention to strike or lock out under section 90(1)(b)(i) or section 91(1)(b)(i), the chief executive must ensure that mediation services are provided as soon as possible to the parties to the proposed strike or lockout for the purpose of assisting the parties to avoid the need for the strike or lockout.