Statement+in+Employment+Law


 * Statement in Employment Law **

Topic question: What should be in an employment statement ?

**Background ** Employment Statement is a legal document/writing statement that shows about the contract which has a basic terms and conditions under the terms of Employment Rights Act 1996. Primary role of employment law is to set out the legal rights and duties between parties and detail the terms and conditions of the employment relationship. The Employment Relation Act 2000 was made because of the new labour led coalition government was elected in 1993. There is some kind of agreements in the employment law: 1. Collective agreements: this agreement is covering one or more employers and one or more employees. 2. Individual agreements: this agreement is covering one employer and one employee.

**Where does the law in the area come from? ** Employment law comes from common law by the Employment Relation Act 2000. Employment law is showing the relationship between the employers, the employees, and the other union that related to employment. The employment law will determined about the duties of the employers, how they will get paid, and the rules.

**What is required under the law? ** The statement should include this following information: 1. Names of the Employer & Employee. 2. Date the employment started: this will include the periods of employment (the previous employer was taken over by new employer). 3. Wages or pay: this will include the employee's scale of pay and how it is calculated. <span style="color: #101459; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">4. When the employee will be paid: does the employer paid daily, weekly, or monthly. <span style="color: #101459; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">5. Hours of work and terms related to the employee's hours. <span style="color: #101459; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">6. Holidays: this will be provides every employee with a minimum number of paid in annual or public holidays. <span style="color: #101459; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">7. Sickness procedure and entitlements. <span style="color: #101459; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">8. Pension Scheme details. <span style="color: #101459; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">9. Notice period. <span style="color: #101459; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">10. Job Title and description of job. <span style="color: #101459; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">11. Where the employee is expected to work. <span style="color: #101459; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">12. Any collective agreements which directly affect the terms and conditions of employment. <span style="color: #101459; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">13. Details of work abroad, if it is for longer than 1 month. <span style="color: #101459; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">14. The length of the contract, if the employee has been employed on a fixed term contract. <span style="color: #101459; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">15. Disciplinary Rules and Complaints Procedure.

**<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">What is the impact of the law on the way that business is conducted in New Zealand? ** <span style="color: #101459; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Many people claimed that the settlement of personal complain within the specialist institutions set up to deal with has resulted in excessive legalism. The fundamental change towards individual rights was bring an explosion of personal complain claims. This is happen in New Zealand businesses because of the employment law that brought in New Zealand business in 1991. <span style="color: #101459; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">The most significant change was to abolish the Employment Tribunal which had fulfilled both the roles of mediation and adjudication, and replace it with the Mediation Service and the Employment Relations Authority, as two separate institutions set up to deal with mediation, and an investigatory style of adjudication respectively. <span style="color: #101459; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Results show that some changes have an effect on reducing legalism, while some do not, and others have different consequences to what was intended. The research concludes that the Employment Relations Authority shows a greater change than does the Mediation Service.

**<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">Where can people in business find out more information about the area of law and what they are required to do? ** <span style="color: #101459; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">New Zealand employment law guide: this is the link if a person wants to find out more information about the area of law and what they are required to do.