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Employment Relations Act 2000

Personal grievances, disputes, and enforcement - Personal grievances

120: Statement of reasons for dismissal

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"Getting fired: your boss must tell you why in writing if you ask within 60 days"

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If you get dismissed from your job, you can ask your employer to tell you why. You have 60 days to ask for the reasons, starting from when you found out you were dismissed. You need to ask your employer in a way that they know you are asking for the reasons, and they have to give you the reasons in writing. Your employer has 14 days to give you the reasons after you ask them.

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Part 9Personal grievances, disputes, and enforcement
Personal grievances

120Statement of reasons for dismissal

  1. Where an employee is dismissed, that employee may, within 60 days after the dismissal or within 60 days after the employee has become aware of the dismissal, whichever is the later, request the employer to provide a statement in writing of the reasons for the dismissal.

  2. Every employer to whom a request is made under subsection (1) must, within 14 days after the day on which the request is received, provide the statement to the person who made the request.

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  • 1991 No 22 s 38