employment statutes

Copies of legislation

The alphabetical list below covers the main statutes applying to employment relationships.

All public libraries in New Zealand have copies of current legislation available to read at no cost, and copies of the Acts and Regulations can be ordered online [external link].

The NZ Legislation [external site] website provides free public access to unofficial versions of New Zealand statutes (public, local, and private Acts of Parliament) as well as Statutory Regulations. You can search alphabetically and browse the Act [external site] or Regulations [external site] you want.

Employment-related law online

• Employment Relations Act 2000*
• Equal Pay Act 1972*
• Fair Trading Act 1986
• Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992*
• Health and Safety in Employment Regulations 1995
• Health and Safety in Employment (Asbestos) Regulations 1998
• Health and Safety in Employment (Mining Administration) Regulations 1996
• Health and Safety in Employment (Mining—Underground) Regulations 1999
• Health and Safety in Employment (Petroleum Exploration and Extraction) Regulations 1999
• Health and Safety in Employment (Pipelines) Regulations 1999
• Health and Safety in Employment (Prescribed Matters) Regulations 2003
• Health and Safety in Employment (Pipelines) Regulations 1999 Health and Safety in Employment (Prescribed Matters) Regulations 2003
• Health and Safety in Employment (Pressure Equipment, Cranes, and Passenger Ropeways) Regulations 1999
• Health and Safety in Employment (Rates of Funding Levy) Regulations 1994
• Holidays Act 2003*
• Human Rights Act 1993
• Industry Training Act 1992
• Injury Prevention, Rehabilitation, and Compensation (Accredited Employers Framework) Amendment Notice 2005
• Injury Prevention, Rehabilitation & Compensation Act 2001
• Injury Prevention, Rehabilitation, and Compensation (Ancillary Services) Regulations 2002
• Injury Prevention, Rehabilitation, and Compensation (Applications to Determine Previous and Subsequent Injury Entitlements) Regulations 2003
• Injury Prevention, Rehabilitation, and Compensation (Code of ACC Claimants' Rights) Notice 2002
• Injury Prevention, Rehabilitation, and Compensation (Earners' Levy) Regulations 2008
• Injury Prevention, Rehabilitation, and Compensation (Indexation of Maximum Weekly Compensation) Regulations 2004
• Injury Prevention, Rehabilitation, and Compensation (Indexation) Regulations 2002
• Injury Prevention, Rehabilitation, and Compensation (Interest Rate for Late Payment of Levies) Regulations 2002
• Injury Prevention, Rehabilitation, and Compensation (Interim Indexation of Weekly Abatement Amounts) Regulations 2002
• Injury Prevention, Rehabilitation, and Compensation (Liability to Pay or Contribute to Cost of Treatment) Regulations 2003
• Injury Prevention, Rehabilitation, and Compensation (Lump Sum and Independence Allowance) Regulations 2002
• Injury Prevention, Rehabilitation, and Compensation (Motor Vehicles Levies) Regulations 2008
• Injury Prevention, Rehabilitation, and Compensation (Occupational Diseases) Order 2007
• Injury Prevention, Rehabilitation, and Compensation (Public Health Acute Services) Regulations 2002
• Injury Prevention, Rehabilitation, and Compensation (Refund Of Fuel Levy) Regulations 2003
• Injury Prevention, Rehabilitation, and Compensation (Residual Claims Levy) Regulations 2008
• Injury Prevention, Rehabilitation, and Compensation (Review Costs and Appeals) Regulations 2002
• Injury Prevention, Rehabilitation, and Compensation (Work Account Levies) Regulations 2008
• Minimum Wage Act 1983*
• Minimum Wage Order 2008
• Parental Leave and Employment Protection Act 1987*
• Parental Leave and Employment Protection (Rate of Parental Leave Payment) Regulations 2008
• Privacy Act 1993
• Protected Disclosures Act 2000
• State Sector Act 1988
• Volunteers Employment Protection Act 1973*
• Wages Protection Act 1983*

The following Regulations [external link] are also available online:

• Employment Court Regulations 2000
• Employment Relations Authority Regulations 2000
• Employment Relations (Code of Good Faith for Public Health Sector) Order 2006
• Employment Relations (Prescribed Matters) Regulations 2000

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