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Reserve Bank of New Zealand Act 2021

Operation of Reserve Bank - Employees

178: Meaning of good employer

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"What it means to be a good employer in New Zealand"

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You are considered a good employer if you have a personnel policy that treats employees fairly. This policy must include things like good and safe working conditions. It must also include an equal employment opportunities programme. You need to select employees in a fair way and consider the needs of different groups, like Māori and people with disabilities. You should also give employees chances to improve their skills and recognise the different cultures and needs of your employees. An equal employment opportunities programme is a plan to find and remove barriers that make it unfair for some people to get jobs. You can find more information about this in section 177.

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Part 4Operation of Reserve Bank
Employees

178Meaning of good employer

  1. For the purposes of section 177, a good employer is an employer who operates a personnel policy containing provisions generally accepted as necessary for the fair and proper treatment of employees in all aspects of their employment, including provisions requiring—

  2. good and safe working conditions; and
    1. an equal employment opportunities programme; and
      1. the impartial selection of suitably qualified persons for appointment; and
        1. recognition of—
          1. the aims and aspirations of Māori; and
            1. the employment requirements of Māori; and
              1. the need for involvement of Māori as employees of the Bank; and
              2. opportunities for the enhancement of the abilities of individual employees; and
                1. recognition of the aims and aspirations and employment requirements, and the cultural differences, of ethnic or minority groups; and
                  1. recognition of the employment requirements of women; and
                    1. recognition of the employment requirements of persons with disabilities.

                      1. For the purposes of this section, an equal employment opportunities programme is a programme that is aimed at the identification and elimination of all aspects of policies, procedures, and other institutional barriers that cause or perpetuate, or tend to cause or perpetuate, inequality in respect of the employment of any persons or group of persons.

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