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Employment Relations Act 2000

Institutions - Employment Court

186: Employment Court

You could also call this:

“A special court that deals with work problems and has special powers to help solve them”

The Employment Court is a special court that deals with employment matters. You should know that this court has been set up by the law and has all the powers that any official court would have. It can handle cases related to jobs and work, as well as any other tasks that the law gives it.

The Employment Court isn’t a new thing. It’s actually the same court that was created by another law back in 1991. So, even though its name is in a new law, it’s still the same court that’s been around for a while.

This court is important because it helps solve problems between workers and bosses. If you ever have a big issue at work that can’t be sorted out normally, this might be the place where your case is heard.

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Topics:

Work and jobs > Worker rights

Crime and justice > Courts and legal help

185: Staff of Authority, or

“The Employment Relations Authority gets helpers from the government to do its job.”

187: Jurisdiction of court, or

“The Employment Court decides special work-related cases that other courts can't handle.”

Part 10 Institutions
Employment Court

186Employment Court

This section establishes a court of record, called the Employment Court, which, in addition to the jurisdiction and powers specially conferred on it by this Act or any other Act, has all the powers inherent in a court of record.
The court established by subsection (1) is declared to be the same court as the Employment Court established by section 103 of the Employment Contracts Act 1991.

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1991 No 22 s 103