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Employment Relations Amendment Bill 105-3 (2013), Government Bill – New Zealand Legislation
105—3
10A Section 43 amended (Employees' attention to be drawn to initiation of bargaining)
11 New sections 44A to 44C inserted
12 New section 50K and cross-heading inserted
12A New section 50KA inserted (Declaration or determination under section 50K not to be made if breach of duty of good faith by party seeking declaration)
13 Section 53 amended (Continuation of collective agreement after specified expiry date)
14 Section 59B amended (Breach of duty of good faith to pass on, in certain circumstances, in individual employment agreement terms and conditions agreed in collective bargaining or in collective agreement)
15 Section 62 amended (Employer's obligations in respect of new employee who is not member of union)
16 Section 63 repealed (Terms and conditions of employment of new employee who is not member of union)
17 Section 63A amended (Bargaining for individual employment agreement or individual terms and conditions in employment agreement)
18 Section 65 amended (Terms and conditions of employment where no collective agreement applies)
19 Section 67A amended (When employment agreement may contain provision for trial period for 90 days or less)
20 Section 69AA amended (Object of this Part)
21 Section 69AAB replaced (When employee may make request)
22 Section 69AAC amended (Requirements relating to request)
23 Section 69AAD repealed (Limitation on frequency of requests)
24 Section 69AAE replaced (Employer must notify decision as soon as possible)
25 Section 69AAF amended (Grounds for refusal of request by employer)
26 Section 69AAI amended (Application to Authority)
27 Section 69AAL and cross-heading repealed
28 Section 69A replaced (Object of this subpart)
29 Section 69B amended (Interpretation)
30 New sections 69CA to 69CE inserted
30A New section 69DA inserted (Associated person)
31 Section 69E amended (Examples of contracting in, contracting out, and subsequent contracting)
31A New section 69FA inserted (Employer's breach of obligations not to affect employee's rights and new employer's obligations)
32 Section 69G replaced (Notice of right to make election)
33 Section 69H amended (Employee bargaining for alternative arrangements)
34 Section 69I amended (Employee may elect to transfer to new employer)
35 New sections 69LA to 69LC inserted
36 New section 69OAA inserted (False warranty: exempt employer)
37 Subpart 2 heading in Part 6A replaced
38 Section 69OA replaced (Object of this subpart)
39 Section 69OB amended (Interpretation)
40 Section 69OC amended (Disclosure of employee transfer costs information)
40A Section 69OD amended (Provision of employee transfer costs information by other persons)
41 New section 69OEA inserted (Disclosure of individualised employee information)
42 Subpart 4 of Part 6A repealed
43 Section 69ZC replaced (Interpretation)
44 Sections 69ZD and 69ZE replaced
45 Section 69ZF amended (Penalty)
46 Sections 69ZG and 69ZH replaced
47 Section 80 amended (Object of this Part)
48 Section 86 amended (Unlawful strikes or lockouts)
49 New sections 86A and 86B and cross-heading inserted
50 Section 90 amended (Strikes in essential services)
51 Section 91 amended (Lockouts in essential services)
52 Section 93 amended (Procedure to provide public with notice before strike in certain passenger transport services)
53 Section 94 amended (Procedure to provide public with notice before lockout in certain passenger transport services)
54 Section 95 replaced (Penalty for breach of section 93 or section 94)
55 New section 95AA and cross-heading inserted
56 New sections 95A to 95H and cross-headings inserted
57 Section 100 amended (Jurisdiction of court in relation to injunctions)
58 Section 140A amended (Compliance order in relation to disclosure of employee transfer costs information)
59 Section 159A amended (Duty of Authority to prioritise previously mediated matters)
60 Section 161 amended (Jurisdiction)
60A New section 166B inserted
60B Section 173A amended (Recommendation to parties)
61 Section 174 replaced (Determinations)
61A Section 179 amended (Challenges to determinations of Authority)
61AB Section 181 amended (Report in relation to good faith)
61B Section 184 amended (Restriction on review)
62 New section 237AA inserted (Chief executive may approve forms)
63 Section 237A repealed (Amendments to Schedule 1A)
63A Schedule 1 amended
64 New section 254 inserted (Application, savings, and transitional provisions relating to amendments to Act)
65 New Schedule 1AA inserted
This Act is the Employment Relations Amendment Act 2013.
“(d) that is subject to a statutory requirement to maintain confidentiality:
“(e) where it is necessary, for any other good reason, to maintain the confidentiality of the information (for example, to avoid unreasonable prejudice to the employer's commercial position).
“(1C ) To avoid doubt,—
“(a) be in writing and be signed by the employer or the employer's its duly authorised representative; and
(3) Repeal section 63A(6).
(1) In section 69B, insert in their appropriate alphabetical order:
“(a) person B to person A if the work concerned is to be performed by employees of person B person B or employees (if any) of person B; or
“(b) a subcontractor to person A if the work concerned is to be performed by employees of the subcontractor the subcontractor or employees (if any) of the subcontractor; or
“(c) person B and the subcontractor to person A if the work concerned is to be performed partly by employees of person B and partly by employees of the subcontractor person B or employees (if any) of person B and partly by the subcontractor or employees (if any) of the subcontractor.
“(ii) is to be performed by employees of person C person C or employees (if any) of person C:
“(ii) is to be performed by employees of the subcontractor the subcontractor or employees (if any) of the subcontractor:
“(ii) is to be performed by the employees of person C person C or the employees (if any) of person C:
“(8) If the subcontractor provides information under subsection (7)(b), person B must make the same request to the other subcontractor as made under subsection (7) and that subsection applies with the necessary modifications.
“69CE When warranty must be provided or passed on
“(f) notice that—
“(2A) A notice under subsection (1) must specify that an election may be delivered, sent by post, or sent by electronic means (for example, by fax or email) to the employee's employer.
“(3) If the employees do not have any right to make an election under section 69I, the employees’ employer must also provide the following information to the employees:
“(i) elected had elected to transfer to the new employer under subsection (1); and
“(4) The employees' employer must send an election that complies with subsections (1)(d) and (2)(d) to the new employer as soon as practicable, but no later than 5 working days after the day on which that election is received by the employees' employer.
“(5) If an employee sends an election that complies with subsection (2)(d) by post, fax, or email post or electronic means before the date described in subsection (1)(d), the employee must be treated as having exercised his or her right to make an election by that date.
“(6) If the employee’s employer sends an election to the new employer by post, fax, or email post or electronic means before the date that is 5 working days after the day on which the employee’s employer received that election, the employee’s employer must be treated as having met the deadline specified in subsection (4).
“(7) If the restructuring is a contracting in or a subsequent contracting, person A in the definition that applies must give the employer sufficient notice of, and information about, the restructuring to enable the employer to comply with subsection (1).
“(7A) In subsection (7), sufficient notice means—
“(8) An employer or other person who fails to comply with this section is liable to a penalty imposed by the Authority.”
“(2) Liability for the costs of service-related entitlements (whether statutory legislative or otherwise) of the employee must be apportioned between the employee’s employer and the new employer.
“(ab) the employees who perform the work affected by the restructuring (for example, replacing employees with employees who are less experienced or less efficient); or
“(b) the terms and conditions of employment of 1 or more of those employees.
“(2A) The warranty implied by this section applies in relation to changes occurring in the period—
“(3) If the employees' employer breaches the implied warranty, and that breach adversely affects the new employer, the new employer may commence proceedings, in any court of competent jurisdiction, against that employer for damages proceedings for damages, in any court of competent jurisdiction, against that employer.
“(4) For the purposes of subsection (2), whether a reason is a good reason is to be determined on an objective basis.”
“(B) a copy of the wage wages and time record; and
(2) After section 91(3)(d), insert:
In sections 95B to 95E this Act,—
“(i) calculated in accordance with section 95D(1) section 95D(1) and (2); or
“(a) if the partial strike is lawful on the grounds referred to in section 84 (safety or health which relates to lawful strikes on the grounds of safety or health); or
“(2) If the Authority reserves its determination of a matter under subsection (1), it must provide a written determination of its findings as soon as practicable and not later than the later of the following dates:
A written determination provided by the Authority in accordance with section 174A(2), 174B(2), 174C(2), or 174D(2)—
“(1) A party to a matter before the Authority who is dissatisfied with a written determination of the Authority under section 174A(2), 174B(2), 174C(2), or 174D(2) (or any part of that determination) may elect to have the matter heard by the court.
In section 181(2), replace “section 174” with “section 174A(2), 174B(2), 174C(2), or 174D(2)” .
In section 184(1A)(a), replace “final determinations” with “a determination under section 174A(2), 174B(2), 174C(2), or 174D(2) (as the case may be)” .
In this schedule, 2013 Act means the Employment Relations Amendment Act 2013.
2 Application, savings, and transitional provisions arising from 2013 Act
(1) Despite the amendments made to section 4 of this Act by section 4 of the 2013 Act, section 4 of this Act (as it was immediately before it was amended by the 2013 Act) continues to apply in relation to proposed decisions referred to in section 4 of this Act—
(a) if the proposed decision was notified to the employee before the commencement of the 2013 Act; and
(b) whether the final decision on that proposal was made before, on, or after the commencement of the 2013 Act.
(2) Section 33 of this Act (as replaced by section 9 of the 2013 Act) applies to all bargaining, whether the bargaining commenced before, on, or after the commencement of the 2013 Act.
(3) Section 53 of this Act (as amended by section 13 section 13(1) of the 2013 Act) applies in relation to bargaining commenced by an employer, whether the bargaining commenced before, on, or after the commencement of the 2013 Act.
(4) Part 6AA of this Act (as amended by sections 20 to 27 of the 2013 Act) applies in relation to a request made under that Part before the commencement of the 2013 Act as follows:
(a) if the 3 months provided for in section 69AAE of this Act (as it was immediately before it was amended by the 2013 Act) expires within 1 month of the commencement of sections 20 to 27 of the 2013 Act, Part 6AA of this Act (as it was immediately before it was amended by the 2013 Act) continues to apply in relation to that request:
(b) if paragraph (a) does not apply, the employer must treat the request as having been made on the commencement of sections 20 to 27 of the 2013 Act, and Part 6AA of this Act (as amended by the 2013 Act) applies in relation to that request.
(5) Subclause (6) applies to restructurings (within the meaning of Part 6A of this Act as it was immediately before the commencement of the 2013 Act) for which the agreements are concluded before the commencement of the 2013 Act, even if the restructurings they relate to are to take effect after the commencement of the 2013 Act.
(6) Part 6A of this Act (as it was immediately before the commencement of the 2013 Act) continues to apply to the restructurings as if the 2013 Act had not been passed.
(7) Sections 80, 86, 90, 91, 93, and 94 of this Act (as amended by sections 47, 48, and 50 to 53 of the 2013 Act) and sections 86A and 86B of this Act (as inserted by section 49 of the 2013 Act) apply in relation to strikes and lockouts that commenced before, and continue on or after, the commencement of the 2013 Act as follows:
(a) the union or the employer (as the case may be) must give notice in accordance with this Act (as amended by the 2013 Act) on the commencement of the 2013 Act:
(b) however, if a notice given by the union or the employer before the commencement of the 2013 Act—
(i) complies fully with the notice requirements of this Act (as amended by the 2013 Act), no further notice is required:
(ii) complies partly with the notice requirements of this Act (as amended by the 2013 Act), those notice requirements are satisfied by the union or employer providing notice of the additional matters required under this Act (as amended by the 2013 Act), and the provisions of this Act referred to in this subsection must be read accordingly.
(7A) Section 95AA of this Act (as inserted by section 55 of the 2013 Act) applies to a notice—
(8) Despite section 95B of this Act (as inserted by section 56 of the 2013 Act), an employer must not make a specified deduction of pay in relation to—
(a) any partial strike that ended before the commencement of the 2013 Act; or
(b) any period of a partial strike that occurred before the commencement of the 2013 Act.
(8A) Section 174 of this Act (as it was immediately before the 2013 Act) continues to apply to matters commenced in the Authority before the commencement of the 2013 Act as if the 2013 Act had not been passed.
(9) On the commencement of the 2013 Act, any request made under section 237A(3)(a) of this Act lapses and, to avoid doubt, neither the Minister nor any other person is required to take any action, or any further action, in relation to such a request.
28 October 2014 Committee of the whole House