EMA Publications - Employer Guides: Providing you with the Answers

employer guides - providing you with the answers

What obligations do employers and employees have? How would you deal with a sexual harassment complaint? Can you require an employee to retire? What must you do to comply with safety laws?

EMA has the answers to employment questions. We have a series of plain English Employer Guides covering a wide range of employment subjects.

EMA Employer Guides are widely recognised as a valuable resource for employers of any organization size or structure. The Employer Guides are available free to download off our website by members. If members would like printed copies there will be a charge of $12.00 plus gst per guide or $96.00 plus gst for the full set provided in a folder.

Non members can purchase printed copies of the guides at a cost of $18.00 plus gst per guide or $144.00 plus gst for the full set provided in a folder.

To order any of the guides or the whole set, click here.

Here is the list of guides currently available. For further information about a particular guide or to download them (members only) please click on the employer guide title links below.

Hiring Staff And Terminating Employment

This Employer Guide gives a comprehensive summary of important things to consider when you employ or dismiss staff.

Health And Safety In Employment Act 1992

This Employer Guide is aimed at encouraging employers to begin or continue to think seriously about undertaking health and safety audits and programmes designed to eliminate, isolate, minimise and manage identified health and safety risks.

Drug Testing In The Workplace

This Employer Guide provides preliminary advice on the development and implementation of a drug testing process within the workplace.

Dealing With Sexual Harassment

This Employer Guide provides practical, detailed and valuable information relating to sexual harassment in the workplace.

The Privacy Act 1993

This Employer Guide provides practical and clear guidance for successfully managing privacy issues.

Human Rights Act 1993 & Equal Employment Opportunities

This Employer Guide discusses the employment issues flowing from the Human Rights Act 1993.

Employment Of Older Employees And Retirement

This Employer Guide looks at the implications of the changes to the Human Rights Act in respect of age discrimination. We provide advice on how to deal with the issue of older employees in the workplace.

Rights And Responsibilities In The Employment Relationship

This Employer Guide answers questions about 15 statutes that impact directly upon employment in New Zealand.

Holidays Act 2003

Our guide to the Holidays Act 2003 is essential reading for all employers.

Parental Leave & Employment Protection And Volunteers Employment Protection

This Guide is an essential tool for human resource staff dealing with parental leave and employees seeking leave for armed forces training.

KIWISAVER - Employers Contribution Quick Guide

This quick guide identifies some key issues for employers considering contributing to the Kiwisaver accounts of employees.

Kiwsaver Essentials

In this guide we provide an overview of the KiwiSaver scheme and summarise the obligations employers have.

Flexible Work Arrangements

In this guide we provide an overview of flexible work arrangement (an amendment to the ERA) and summarise the obligations employers have in providing flexible hours

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