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Employment Relations Act 2000

Codes of employment practice and code of good faith for public health sector - Codes of employment practice

100A: Codes of employment practice

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“Rules that explain how to follow job laws and treat workers fairly”

The Minister can approve codes of employment practice. These codes help explain how employment laws and rules work. Before approving a code, the Minister needs to talk to or make sure someone has talked to the right people and groups, like employers and employees.

The codes can explain how the employment laws work in general, or for specific situations, or for different parts of the workplace. They can cover any of the laws listed in section 223(1) or any rules made under those laws.

When the Minister approves a code of employment practice, it becomes a type of law called secondary legislation. This means it needs to follow certain rules about how it’s published, which you can find in Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019.

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Part 8A Codes of employment practice and code of good faith for public health sector
Codes of employment practice

100ACodes of employment practice

  1. The Minister may, by notice, approve 1 or more codes of employment practice.

  2. Repealed

  3. Before the Minister approves a code of employment practice, the Minister must consult, or be satisfied that there has been consultation, with such persons and organisations as the Minister thinks appropriate, including relevant employer and employee interests.

  4. The purpose of a code of employment practice is to provide guidance on the application of any of the Acts specified in section 223(1) or any regulations made under those Acts—

  5. generally; or
    1. in relation to particular types of situations; or
      1. in relation to particular parts or areas of the employment environment.

        1. A code of employment practice under this section is secondary legislation (see Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019 for publication requirements).

        Notes
        • Section 100A: inserted, on , by section 36 of the Employment Relations Amendment Act (No 2) 2004 (2004 No 86).
        • Section 100A(1): amended, on , by section 3 of the Secondary Legislation Act 2021 (2021 No 7).
        • Section 100A(2): repealed, on , by section 3 of the Secondary Legislation Act 2021 (2021 No 7).
        • Section 100A(4): amended, on , by section 27(1) of the Equal Pay Amendment Act 2020 (2020 No 45).
        • Section 100A(5): replaced, on , by section 3 of the Secondary Legislation Act 2021 (2021 No 7).