Starting and leaving a job Migrants and other vulnerable workers Migrant workers What employment rights do I have as a migrant worker? All workers on temporary visas (“migrant workers”) are entitled to the same minimum employment rights as any other workers in…
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Migrants and other vulnerable workers Vulnerable workers: Extra protections in industries like cleaning and catering Protections for cleaners, catering staff and others: Losing your job in a restructure Employment Relations Act 2000, s 69I, Schedule 1A Workers in specific industries where jobs…
Starting and leaving a job When you’re not an “employee”: Differences between employees, contractors and volunteers Employees Who is an “employee”? Employment Relations Act 2000, s 6 The rules and processes in the Employment Relations Act apply to employers, employees, and unions.…
Starting and leaving a job When you’re not an “employee”: Differences between employees, contractors and volunteers Independent contractors What’s the difference between an employee and an independent contractor? If your work relationship has all or most of these features, you’re probably an…
Starting and leaving a job When you’re not an “employee”: Differences between employees, contractors and volunteers Working for a labour-hire agency: “Triangular employment” Protections for employees of labour-hire companies A common work arrangement these days is for a worker to be employed…
Starting and leaving a job When you’re not an “employee”: Differences between employees, contractors and volunteers Volunteers When am I a volunteer? Health and Safety at Work Act 2015, ss 16 (definition of “volunteer”), 19 Human Rights Act 1993, s 2 (“employer”)…
Starting and leaving a job Sex workers Overview of sex work and the law “Legalisation” versus “decriminalisation” of sex work In the sex work industry, the word “legalisation” is used to mean an approach where sex workers are required to follow a…
Starting and leaving a job Sex workers Who can do sex work Can anyone be a sex worker? There are only two rules about who can legally do sex work in New Zealand: you have to be 18 or over, and you…
Starting and leaving a job Sex workers Where and how you can work as a sex worker Working in a brothel Prostitution Reform Act 2003 New Zealand’s sex work laws call any sex work business a brothel. An operator of a brothel…
Starting and leaving a job Sex workers Your rights when doing sex work Employee versus contractor rights Most sex workers in a business or brothel are employed as independent contractors – the business doesn’t pay their PAYE tax for them, and doesn’t…
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