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Employment Relations Act 2000

Personal grievances, disputes, and enforcement - Disputes

129: Person bound by, or party to, employment agreement may pursue dispute under this Act

You could also call this:

“You can ask for help if you don't understand your work agreement or if there's a problem with it.”

If you have a disagreement about what an employment agreement means or how it should work, you can get help to solve it. You can do this if you’re bound by the agreement or if you’re a party to it. The way to solve these disagreements is explained in Part 10 of this law.

If the disagreement is about a collective agreement, which is an agreement that covers many workers, you need to tell everyone involved. This means you must let all the unions and employers who are part of the agreement know about the disagreement.

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Topics:

Work and jobs > Worker rights

Rights and equality > Anti-discrimination

128: Reimbursement, or

“Money given back to workers who lost pay because of unfair treatment at work”

130: Wages and time record, or

“Employers must keep a detailed record of each worker's job information and pay”

Part 9 Personal grievances, disputes, and enforcement
Disputes

129Person bound by, or party to, employment agreement may pursue dispute under this Act

Where there is a dispute about the interpretation, application, or operation of an employment agreement, any person bound by the agreement or any party to the agreement may pursue that dispute in accordance with Part 10.
If the dispute relates to a collective agreement, the person or party pursuing the dispute must ensure that all union and employer parties to the agreement have notice of the existence of the dispute.

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