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Termination

Terminating employment, notice periods, termination payments and rights to references.

New Zealand :: Termination during the trial period

Employers may employ new workers on a trial period of up to 90 calendar days and may dismiss them during that time …

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New Zealand :: Termination of a fixed-term contract

A fixed-term agreement expires at the time/date set out in the employment contract i …

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New Zealand :: Constructive dismissal

An employer must not put pressure (directly or indirectly) on an employee to resign, or make the situation at work intolerable for the employee …

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New Zealand :: Unfair dismissal

An employee may raise a personal grievance with the employer for unjustified dismissal if an employer terminates an employee’s employment without just cause or without following the correct procedure …

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New Zealand :: Special protection against dismissal

Specified groups of employees (‘vulnerable employees’) are protected in certain restructuring situations …

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New Zealand :: Severance payments

There is no statutory entitlement to redundancy or severance payments …

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New Zealand :: Individual and collective redundancy

A decision to make an employee redundant must be both genuine and procedurally fair …

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New Zealand :: Employee resignation

Employees may resign at any time, provided they comply with any notice period provided in their employment agreement …

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New Zealand :: Notice

There is no minimum period of notice of termination that employers must give an employee in New Zealand, however they should always comply with the notice provisions set out in the employment agreement …

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New Zealand :: Dismissal

Reasons for dismissal may include misconduct, serious misconduct, unsatisfactory work performance, abandonment and incapacity/long term illness …

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New Zealand :: An overview of termination

Notwithstanding any termination provisions in an employment agreement, after any applicable trial period has finished, there is no ability under New Zealand law for an employer to terminate an employee at will …

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