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Employment Relations Act 2000

Institutions - Employment Relations Authority

172: Temporary appointments

You could also call this:

“The Governor-General can choose people to help out for a short time in the group that solves work problems.”

The Governor-General can appoint temporary members to the Employment Relations Authority when the Minister recommends it. These temporary appointments can last up to 12 months, but they can be renewed. When you’re a temporary member, you have the same powers as a regular member.

If you’re appointed as a temporary member, you’ll be paid for each day you work. Your pay will be the same as what regular members get, as decided by the Governor-General. You’ll also receive the same allowances that regular members get under section 166(1).

The Governor-General decides how much salary you’ll get, based on what regular members are paid according to section 171. This means you’ll be treated fairly and paid the same as other members for the work you do.

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Part 10 Institutions
Employment Relations Authority

172Temporary appointments

  1. The Governor-General may from time to time, on the recommendation of the Minister, appoint 1 or more temporary members of the Authority to hold office for such period as may be specified in the instrument of appointment.

  2. The period so specified may not exceed 12 months; but any person appointed under this section may from time to time be reappointed.

  3. A person so appointed has all the powers of a member.

  4. Every person appointed as a temporary member of the Authority under this section is, during the term of that member's appointment, to be paid, on a per diem basis,—

  5. such salary, payable pursuant to section 171 to a member of the Authority, as the Governor-General directs; and
    1. the allowances to which that person would be entitled if that person held office under section 166(1).

      Compare
      • 1991 No 22 s 87(1)–(4)