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173A: Recommendation to parties
or “The Authority member can suggest a solution, and if everyone agrees, it becomes the final decision.”
You could also call this:

“The Employment Relations Authority should tell people what they've decided or what they're thinking right after a meeting, if they can.”

When the Employment Relations Authority finishes a meeting to look into a problem, they should try their best to do one of two things:

  1. Tell you right away what they have decided about the problem.

  2. If they can’t make a final decision yet, they should tell you what they are thinking so far about the problem.

The Authority should try to do this by talking to you, not by writing it down. This helps you understand what’s happening more quickly.

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or “The Employment Relations Authority can make decisions out loud and write them down later”
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Part 10 Institutions
Employment Relations Authority

174Authority must give oral determination or oral indication of preliminary findings wherever practicable

  1. At the conclusion of an investigation meeting, the Authority must, wherever practicable,—

  2. give its determination on the matter orally; or
    1. give an oral indication of its preliminary findings on the matter.

      Notes
      • Section 174: replaced, on , by section 69 of the Employment Relations Amendment Act 2014 (2014 No 61).