Employment Relations Act 2000

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Employment Relations Act 2000
The Employment Relations Act is a statute of Parliament of New Zealand. This act
governs employee workplaces and activities. It is adjudicated through employment court and
employment relations authority. Further, it has an arbitration and mediation services
department which was established under the same act section 144. The coverage of the Act
entails persons who perform any type of work for payment through an employer or under
contractual services. The payments being facilitated in this description include commissions,
rates, wages or salaries. The Act does not cover the relationship between the contractor and
principal or between subcontractor and contractor. Whenever the employment relationship is
in doubt often, the Employment Court offers arbitration through consideration of all matters
with regards to the institute.
Under the Act, the duties and obligations of employers and employees under section 4
indicates that all parties must ensure they deal with each other in good faith. The contract
relationship is a special relationship under which workers and the employers have mutual
obligations which embed trust, confidence and fair working relations (Rudman, 2013).
The duties and obligations pertaining to employers entail paying the worker, ensure a
safe workplace. Permission to employees to take paid leave, nondiscrimination Act against
other employees, a provision was written employment agreements, taking the responsibilities
of all employees and conducting surveillance. The employees, on the other hand, have a duty
to work, obey instructions, undertaking tasks, overtime work, and showing of fidelity, take
care and drug testing. Breach of duties and obligations the above call for the employer to fire
the employee while a breach of employer allows the employee to resign and sue for
constructive dismissal.
This Act is in line with Colonial Hill Landscaping organizing as it entails working with
employees on various duties within and outside the work environment place. Colonial Hill
landscaping entails working with staffs that are within and far flank areas. Thus having the
right employees who can be trusted to facilitate the job is a fundamental step in ensuring that
outside landscaping activities are implemented successfully.
An example of good practice in relation to the act entails employees respecting the
employers doing their duties diligently as per their roles and descriptions of service. This is