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Employment Relations Act 2000

Strikes and lockouts - Withdrawal of notice of strike or lockout

95AA: Withdrawal of notice of strike or lockout

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“This law explains how workers or bosses can cancel their plans to stop working or close the workplace.”

If you’re part of a union and your union has given a strike notice, you can take it back. Your union representative needs to write a note saying they’re taking back the strike notice. They need to give this note to your employer and to the chief executive.

If you’re an employer and you’ve given a lockout notice, you can take it back too. You or someone speaking for you needs to write a note saying you’re taking back the lockout notice. You need to give this note to the workers’ union (or unions if there’s more than one) and to the chief executive.

You can take back a strike or lockout notice at any time after you’ve given it. This applies to notices given under section 86A, 90, or 93 for strikes, and section 86B, 91, or 94 for lockouts.

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Part 8 Strikes and lockouts
Withdrawal of notice of strike or lockout

95AAWithdrawal of notice of strike or lockout

  1. A strike notice given under section 86A, 90, or 93 may be withdrawn at any time by a representative of the employees' union giving written notice of the withdrawal to—

  2. the employees' employer; and
    1. the chief executive.

      1. A lockout notice given under section 86B, 91, or 94 may be withdrawn at any time by the employer or a representative of the employer giving written notice of the withdrawal to—

      2. the employees' union or unions; and
        1. the chief executive.

          Notes
          • Section 95AA: inserted, on , by section 61 of the Employment Relations Amendment Act 2014 (2014 No 61).