What you need to know about ending employment relationships
If the time comes to end the relationship, it’s important to understand and implement the correct procedures. It’s the best way to avoid any costly mistakes which can also damage the reputation of your company.
To help you understand your rights and responsibilities the Department of Labour have produced a handy guide called What you need to know about ending employment relationships.
Who should read this?
Employers dealing with the end of an employment relationship by way of:
Why is it important?
To ensure employer/employee relationships are ended fairly by following the correct processes and avoiding costly mistakes.
What you need to do
You have a core requirement to act in good faith, to follow a fair and reasonable process and have an open mind when dealing with problems, ensuring outcomes are not pre-determined. Failing to do so may lead to an employee taking a personal grievance.
This brochure provides checklists of the key tasks involved with each of the above endings. It provides a guide to good practice behaviour in ending an employment relationship, but:
- The guidelines are general in nature and you may need to seek professional advice regarding your specific situation.
- The Employment Relations Act 2000 requires employers to meet standards of behaviour and, therefore, this brochure cannot be viewed as a ‘definitive’ set of rules.
More detailed information is available in A Guide to Employment Relationships and in Guidelines for Employers: Dismissal, Redundancy and Redundency.
You can also contact Department of Labour on 0800 20 90 20 or visit their website www.dol.govt.nz.
- This information is provided by Department of Labour
What you need to knowabout: Ending Employment Relationships - Big Six Publications - NZ Department of Labour
