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It’s important for employers to use good hiring processes, and for everyone to follow minimum rights and responsibilities.</p> </div> <div class="flex items-start w-full sm:ml-20 xl:ml-32 relative"> <ul id="starting-employment-submenu" class="w-full"> <li class="w-full"> <v-dropdown v-slot="{ isOpen, toggleDropdown }"> <div class="block xl:w-4/12"> <div class="mb-5 xl:mb-2"> <a href="/starting-employment/rights-and-responsibilities" class=" rounded-md py-3 px-4 box-border font-600 text-lead-sm lead hover:bg-white hover:no-underline transition-colors duration-150 hidden xl:inline-block parent-item" data-menu="189" role="button" title="Display Rights and responsibilities submenu" aria-controls="rights-and-responsibilities-submenu" > <span class="flex items-center"> <span class="text-3"> <i class="fa-light fa-chevron-right " aria-hidden="true"></i> </span> <span class="block ml-4">Rights and responsibilities</span> </span> </a> <a href="" class="font-600 text-lead-sm lead relative flex 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title="Go to the Good faith page">Good faith</a> </li> <li> <a href="/starting-employment/rights-and-responsibilities/fair-process" class="inline-block small color" title="Go to the Fair process page">Fair process</a> </li> <li> <a href="/starting-employment/rights-and-responsibilities/good-reason" class="inline-block small color" title="Go to the Good reason page">Good reason</a> </li> <li> <a href="/starting-employment/rights-and-responsibilities/record-keeping" class="inline-block small color" title="Go to the Record-keeping page">Record-keeping</a> </li> </ul> </div> </v-dropdown> </li> <li class="w-full"> <v-dropdown v-slot="{ isOpen, toggleDropdown }"> <div class="block xl:w-4/12"> <div class="mb-5 xl:mb-2"> <a href="/starting-employment/types-of-worker" class=" rounded-md py-3 px-4 box-border font-600 text-lead-sm lead hover:bg-white hover:no-underline transition-colors duration-150 hidden xl:inline-block parent-item" data-menu="284" role="button" title="Display Types of worker 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href="/starting-employment/hiring/pre-employment-trials" class="small inline-block font-300" title="Go to the Pre-employment trials page"> Pre-employment trials </a> </li> <li class="mb-2"> <a href="/starting-employment/hiring/hiring-young-people" class="small inline-block font-300" title="Go to the Hiring young people page"> Hiring young people </a> </li> <li class="mb-2"> <a href="/starting-employment/hiring/tests-and-checks" class="small inline-block font-300" title="Go to the Tests and checks page"> Tests and checks </a> </li> <li class="mb-2"> <a href="/starting-employment/hiring/hiring-disabled-people" class="small inline-block font-300" title="Go to the Employment for disabled people page"> Employment for disabled people </a> </li> <li class="mb-2"> <a href="/starting-employment/hiring/hiring-temporary-migrants" class="small inline-block font-300" title="Go to the Hiring temporary migrants page"> Hiring temporary migrants </a> </li> <li class="mb-2"> <a 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class="inline-block small color" title="Go to the Pre-employment trials page">Pre-employment trials</a> </li> <li> <a href="/starting-employment/hiring/hiring-young-people" class="inline-block small color" title="Go to the Hiring young people page">Hiring young people</a> </li> <li> <a href="/starting-employment/hiring/tests-and-checks" class="inline-block small color" title="Go to the Tests and checks page">Tests and checks</a> </li> <li> <a href="/starting-employment/hiring/hiring-disabled-people" class="inline-block small color" title="Go to the Employment for disabled people page">Employment for disabled people</a> </li> <li> <a href="/starting-employment/hiring/hiring-temporary-migrants" class="inline-block small color" title="Go to the Hiring temporary migrants page">Hiring temporary migrants</a> </li> <li> <a href="/starting-employment/hiring/employers-on-stand-down" class="inline-block small color" title="Go to the Employers on stand-down page">Employers on stand-down</a> </li> </ul> </div> </v-dropdown> </li> <li class="w-full"> <v-dropdown v-slot="{ isOpen, toggleDropdown }"> <div class="block xl:w-4/12"> <div class="mb-5 xl:mb-2"> <a href="/starting-employment/employment-agreements" class=" rounded-md py-3 px-4 box-border font-600 text-lead-sm lead hover:bg-white hover:no-underline transition-colors duration-150 hidden xl:inline-block parent-item" data-menu="283" role="button" title="Display Employment agreements submenu" aria-controls="employment-agreements-submenu" > <span class="flex items-center"> <span class="text-3"> <i class="fa-light fa-chevron-right " aria-hidden="true"></i> </span> <span class="block ml-4">Employment agreements</span> </span> </a> <a href="" class="font-600 text-lead-sm lead relative flex items-center hover:no-underline xl:hidden" role="button" title="Display Employment agreements submenu" :aria-expanded="isOpen" aria-controls="employment-agreements-submenu" @click.prevent="toggleDropdown" > <span :class="{ 'rotate-90': isOpen }" class="text-3"> <i class="fa-light fa-chevron-right " aria-hidden="true"></i> </span> <span class="block ml-4">Employment agreements</span> </a> </div> </div> <div class="l3-menu-283 l3-menu absolute top-0 right-0 w-8/12 hidden pl-32 col-span-1"> <div class="pl-8 border-l border-[#7A797B]"> <a href="/starting-employment/employment-agreements" class="lead mb-2 flex items-center py-3 text-lead-sm font-600" title="Go to the Employment agreements page"> Employment agreements <span class="block pl-4"><svg width="17" height="15" viewBox="0 0 17 15" fill="none" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"> <path d="M9.90625 1.24609L16.0938 7.15234C16.2695 7.32812 16.375 7.53906 16.375 7.78516C16.375 7.99609 16.2695 8.20703 16.0938 8.38281L9.90625 14.2891C9.58984 14.6055 9.02734 14.6055 8.71094 14.2539C8.39453 13.9375 8.39453 13.375 8.74609 13.0586L13.4219 8.62891H1.46875C0.976562 8.62891 0.625 8.24219 0.625 7.78516C0.625 7.29297 0.976562 6.94141 1.46875 6.94141H13.4219L8.74609 2.47656C8.39453 2.16016 8.39453 1.59766 8.71094 1.28125C9.02734 0.929688 9.55469 0.929688 9.90625 1.24609Z" fill="#753BBD"/> </svg> </span> </a> <ul> <li class="mb-2"> <a href="/starting-employment/employment-agreements/creating-an-employment-agreement" class="small inline-block font-300" title="Go to the Creating an employment agreement page"> Creating an employment agreement </a> </li> <li class="mb-2"> <a href="/starting-employment/employment-agreements/collective-and-individual-employment-agreements" class="small inline-block font-300" title="Go to the Collective and individual employment agreements page"> Collective and individual employment agreements </a> </li> <li class="mb-2"> <a href="/starting-employment/employment-agreements/negotiating-and-accepting-as-an-employee" class="small inline-block font-300" title="Go to the Negotiating and accepting as an employee page"> Negotiating and accepting as an employee </a> </li> <li class="mb-2"> <a href="/starting-employment/employment-agreements/negotiating-and-offering-as-an-employer" class="small inline-block font-300" title="Go to the Offering and negotiating as an employer page"> Offering and negotiating as an employer </a> </li> <li class="mb-2"> <a href="/starting-employment/employment-agreements/restraint-of-trade" class="small inline-block font-300" title="Go to the Restraint of trade page"> Restraint of trade </a> </li> </ul> </div> </div> <div :class="{ hidden: !isOpen }" :aria-hidden="isOpen ? null : 'true'"> <ul class="grid gap-4 pl-6 mb-5 xl:hidden"> <li> <a href="/starting-employment/employment-agreements/creating-an-employment-agreement" class="inline-block small color" title="Go to the Creating an employment agreement page">Creating an employment agreement</a> </li> <li> <a href="/starting-employment/employment-agreements/collective-and-individual-employment-agreements" class="inline-block small color" title="Go to the Collective and individual employment agreements page">Collective and individual employment agreements</a> </li> <li> <a href="/starting-employment/employment-agreements/negotiating-and-accepting-as-an-employee" class="inline-block small color" title="Go to the Negotiating and accepting as an employee page">Negotiating and accepting as an employee</a> </li> <li> <a href="/starting-employment/employment-agreements/negotiating-and-offering-as-an-employer" class="inline-block small color" title="Go to the Offering and negotiating as an employer page">Offering and negotiating as an employer</a> </li> <li> <a href="/starting-employment/employment-agreements/restraint-of-trade" class="inline-block small color" title="Go to the Restraint of trade page">Restraint of trade</a> </li> </ul> </div> </v-dropdown> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </v-dropdown> </li> <li class="basis-full"> <v-dropdown v-slot="{ isOpen, toggleDropdown, handleFocusOut }" :sticky-state="stickyState"> <a href="/pay-and-hours" class=" block h-full p-4 md:py-4 md:px-8 xl:px-3 xl:py-4 group/a hover:no-underline transition-shadow duration-150 relative pr-11 md:pr-16 xl:static shadow-none focus-visible:outlines-black-white" role="button" title="Display Pay and hours submenu" :aria-expanded="isOpen" aria-controls="pay-and-hours-submenu" @click.prevent="toggleDropdown" @focusout="handleFocusOut" > <span class="block font-600 group-hover/a:text-purple-700 transition-colors duration-150 text-lead-sm md:text-lead-md xl:text-body-md">Pay and hours</span> <span class="block font-300 text-grey-500 text-lead-sm md:text-lead-md xl:text-body-md" lang="mi">Te utu me ngā hāora</span> <span class="absolute text-center top-1/2 right-4 md:right-8 w-4 md:w-5 -translate-y-1/2 transition-transform duration-100 xl:hidden" :class="{ 'rotate-180': isOpen }" > <i class="fa-solid fa-chevron-down text-[12px] md:text-[16px]" aria-hidden="true"></i> </span> </a> <div class="w-full bg-beige py-4 md:py-8 xl:py-12 xl:absolute xl:top-full xl:left-0 xl:-z-[1] xl:shadow-dd-menu" :class="{ hidden: !isOpen }" :aria-hidden="isOpen ? null : 'true'" > <div class="dropdown-wrapper sm:flex px-4 md:px-8 xl:container relative"> <div class="w-full sm:max-w-[300px] pb-10 sm:pb-0"> <a href="/pay-and-hours" class="block"> <h5 class="flex items-center">Pay and hours <span class="block pl-4"><svg width="17" height="15" viewBox="0 0 17 15" fill="none" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"> <path d="M9.90625 1.24609L16.0938 7.15234C16.2695 7.32812 16.375 7.53906 16.375 7.78516C16.375 7.99609 16.2695 8.20703 16.0938 8.38281L9.90625 14.2891C9.58984 14.6055 9.02734 14.6055 8.71094 14.2539C8.39453 13.9375 8.39453 13.375 8.74609 13.0586L13.4219 8.62891H1.46875C0.976562 8.62891 0.625 8.24219 0.625 7.78516C0.625 7.29297 0.976562 6.94141 1.46875 6.94141H13.4219L8.74609 2.47656C8.39453 2.16016 8.39453 1.59766 8.71094 1.28125C9.02734 0.929688 9.55469 0.929688 9.90625 1.24609Z" fill="#753BBD"/> </svg> </span></h5> </a> <p class="pt-4 font-300 medium">All about pay, hours at work and what breaks employees are entitled to.</p> </div> <div class="flex items-start w-full sm:ml-20 xl:ml-32 relative"> <ul id="pay-and-hours-submenu" class="w-full"> <li class="w-full"> <v-dropdown v-slot="{ isOpen, toggleDropdown }"> <div class="block xl:w-4/12"> <div class="mb-5 xl:mb-2"> <a href="/pay-and-hours/pay-and-wages" class=" rounded-md py-3 px-4 box-border font-600 text-lead-sm lead hover:bg-white hover:no-underline transition-colors duration-150 hidden xl:inline-block parent-item" data-menu="26" role="button" title="Display Pay and wages submenu" aria-controls="pay-and-wages-submenu" > <span class="flex items-center"> <span class="text-3"> <i class="fa-light fa-chevron-right " aria-hidden="true"></i> </span> <span class="block ml-4">Pay and wages</span> </span> </a> <a href="" class="font-600 text-lead-sm lead relative flex items-center hover:no-underline xl:hidden" role="button" title="Display Pay and wages submenu" :aria-expanded="isOpen" aria-controls="pay-and-wages-submenu" @click.prevent="toggleDropdown" > <span :class="{ 'rotate-90': isOpen }" class="text-3"> <i class="fa-light fa-chevron-right " aria-hidden="true"></i> </span> <span class="block ml-4">Pay and wages</span> </a> </div> </div> <div class="l3-menu-26 l3-menu absolute top-0 right-0 w-8/12 hidden pl-32 col-span-1"> <div class="pl-8 border-l border-[#7A797B]"> <a href="/pay-and-hours/pay-and-wages" class="lead mb-2 flex items-center py-3 text-lead-sm font-600" title="Go to the Pay and wages page"> Pay and wages <span class="block pl-4"><svg width="17" height="15" viewBox="0 0 17 15" fill="none" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"> <path d="M9.90625 1.24609L16.0938 7.15234C16.2695 7.32812 16.375 7.53906 16.375 7.78516C16.375 7.99609 16.2695 8.20703 16.0938 8.38281L9.90625 14.2891C9.58984 14.6055 9.02734 14.6055 8.71094 14.2539C8.39453 13.9375 8.39453 13.375 8.74609 13.0586L13.4219 8.62891H1.46875C0.976562 8.62891 0.625 8.24219 0.625 7.78516C0.625 7.29297 0.976562 6.94141 1.46875 6.94141H13.4219L8.74609 2.47656C8.39453 2.16016 8.39453 1.59766 8.71094 1.28125C9.02734 0.929688 9.55469 0.929688 9.90625 1.24609Z" fill="#753BBD"/> </svg> </span> </a> <ul> <li class="mb-2"> <a href="/pay-and-hours/pay-and-wages/minimum-wage" class="small inline-block font-300" title="Go to the Minimum wage page"> Minimum wage </a> </li> <li class="mb-2"> <a href="/pay-and-hours/pay-and-wages/leave-and-holiday-pay" class="small inline-block font-300" title="Go to the Holidays and leave pay page"> Holidays and leave pay </a> </li> <li class="mb-2"> <a href="/pay-and-hours/pay-and-wages/types-of-pay" class="small inline-block font-300" title="Go to the Types of pay page"> Types of pay </a> </li> <li class="mb-2"> <a href="/pay-and-hours/pay-and-wages/allowances" class="small inline-block font-300" title="Go to the Allowances page"> Allowances </a> </li> <li class="mb-2"> <a href="/pay-and-hours/pay-and-wages/deductions" class="small inline-block font-300" title="Go to the Deductions page"> Deductions </a> </li> <li class="mb-2"> <a href="/pay-and-hours/pay-and-wages/pay-periods-and-paydays" class="small inline-block font-300" title="Go to the Pay periods and paydays page"> Pay periods and paydays </a> </li> <li class="mb-2"> <a href="/pay-and-hours/pay-and-wages/payslips" class="small inline-block font-300" title="Go to the Payslips page"> Payslips </a> </li> <li class="mb-2"> <a href="/pay-and-hours/pay-and-wages/final-pay" class="small inline-block font-300" title="Go to the Final pay page"> Final pay </a> </li> <li class="mb-2"> <a href="/pay-and-hours/pay-and-wages/paying-employees" class="small inline-block font-300" title="Go to the Setting pay, pay reviews and pay rises page"> Setting pay, pay reviews and pay rises </a> </li> </ul> </div> </div> <div :class="{ hidden: !isOpen }" :aria-hidden="isOpen ? null : 'true'"> <ul class="grid gap-4 pl-6 mb-5 xl:hidden"> <li> <a href="/pay-and-hours/pay-and-wages/minimum-wage" class="inline-block small color" title="Go to the Minimum wage page">Minimum wage</a> </li> <li> <a href="/pay-and-hours/pay-and-wages/leave-and-holiday-pay" class="inline-block small color" title="Go to the Holidays and leave pay page">Holidays and leave pay</a> </li> <li> <a href="/pay-and-hours/pay-and-wages/types-of-pay" class="inline-block small color" title="Go to the Types of pay page">Types of pay</a> </li> <li> <a href="/pay-and-hours/pay-and-wages/allowances" class="inline-block small color" title="Go to the Allowances page">Allowances</a> </li> <li> <a href="/pay-and-hours/pay-and-wages/deductions" class="inline-block small color" title="Go to the Deductions page">Deductions</a> </li> <li> <a href="/pay-and-hours/pay-and-wages/pay-periods-and-paydays" class="inline-block small color" title="Go to the Pay periods and paydays page">Pay periods and paydays</a> </li> <li> <a href="/pay-and-hours/pay-and-wages/payslips" class="inline-block small color" title="Go to the Payslips page">Payslips</a> </li> <li> <a href="/pay-and-hours/pay-and-wages/final-pay" class="inline-block small color" title="Go to the Final pay page">Final pay</a> </li> <li> <a href="/pay-and-hours/pay-and-wages/paying-employees" class="inline-block small color" title="Go to the Setting pay, pay reviews and pay rises page">Setting pay, pay reviews and pay rises</a> </li> </ul> </div> </v-dropdown> </li> <li class="w-full"> <v-dropdown v-slot="{ isOpen, toggleDropdown }"> <div class="block xl:w-4/12"> <div class="mb-5 xl:mb-2"> <a href="/pay-and-hours/hours-and-breaks" class=" rounded-md py-3 px-4 box-border font-600 text-lead-sm lead hover:bg-white hover:no-underline transition-colors duration-150 hidden xl:inline-block parent-item" data-menu="162" role="button" title="Display Hours and breaks submenu" aria-controls="hours-and-breaks-submenu" > <span class="flex items-center"> <span class="text-3"> <i class="fa-light fa-chevron-right " aria-hidden="true"></i> </span> <span class="block ml-4">Hours and breaks</span> </span> </a> <a href="" class="font-600 text-lead-sm lead relative flex items-center hover:no-underline xl:hidden" role="button" title="Display Hours and breaks submenu" :aria-expanded="isOpen" aria-controls="hours-and-breaks-submenu" @click.prevent="toggleDropdown" > <span :class="{ 'rotate-90': isOpen }" class="text-3"> <i class="fa-light fa-chevron-right " aria-hidden="true"></i> </span> <span class="block ml-4">Hours and breaks</span> </a> </div> </div> <div class="l3-menu-162 l3-menu absolute top-0 right-0 w-8/12 hidden pl-32 col-span-1"> <div class="pl-8 border-l border-[#7A797B]"> <a href="/pay-and-hours/hours-and-breaks" class="lead mb-2 flex items-center py-3 text-lead-sm font-600" title="Go to the Hours and breaks page"> Hours and breaks <span class="block pl-4"><svg width="17" height="15" viewBox="0 0 17 15" fill="none" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"> <path d="M9.90625 1.24609L16.0938 7.15234C16.2695 7.32812 16.375 7.53906 16.375 7.78516C16.375 7.99609 16.2695 8.20703 16.0938 8.38281L9.90625 14.2891C9.58984 14.6055 9.02734 14.6055 8.71094 14.2539C8.39453 13.9375 8.39453 13.375 8.74609 13.0586L13.4219 8.62891H1.46875C0.976562 8.62891 0.625 8.24219 0.625 7.78516C0.625 7.29297 0.976562 6.94141 1.46875 6.94141H13.4219L8.74609 2.47656C8.39453 2.16016 8.39453 1.59766 8.71094 1.28125C9.02734 0.929688 9.55469 0.929688 9.90625 1.24609Z" fill="#753BBD"/> </svg> </span> </a> <ul> <li class="mb-2"> <a href="/pay-and-hours/hours-and-breaks/hours-of-work" class="small inline-block font-300" title="Go to the Hours of work page"> Hours of work </a> </li> <li class="mb-2"> <a href="/pay-and-hours/hours-and-breaks/rest-and-breaks" class="small inline-block font-300" title="Go to the Rest and breaks page"> Rest and breaks </a> </li> <li class="mb-2"> <a href="/pay-and-hours/hours-and-breaks/rostering" class="small inline-block font-300" title="Go to the Rostering page"> Rostering </a> </li> <li class="mb-2"> <a href="/pay-and-hours/hours-and-breaks/working-overtime-or-extra-shifts" class="small inline-block font-300" title="Go to the Working overtime or extra shifts page"> Working overtime or extra shifts </a> </li> </ul> </div> </div> <div :class="{ hidden: !isOpen }" :aria-hidden="isOpen ? null : 'true'"> <ul class="grid gap-4 pl-6 mb-5 xl:hidden"> <li> <a href="/pay-and-hours/hours-and-breaks/hours-of-work" class="inline-block small color" title="Go to the Hours of work page">Hours of work</a> </li> <li> <a href="/pay-and-hours/hours-and-breaks/rest-and-breaks" class="inline-block small color" title="Go to the Rest and breaks page">Rest and breaks</a> </li> <li> <a href="/pay-and-hours/hours-and-breaks/rostering" class="inline-block small color" title="Go to the Rostering page">Rostering</a> </li> <li> <a href="/pay-and-hours/hours-and-breaks/working-overtime-or-extra-shifts" class="inline-block small color" title="Go to the Working overtime or extra shifts page">Working overtime or extra shifts</a> </li> </ul> </div> </v-dropdown> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </v-dropdown> </li> <li class="basis-full"> <v-dropdown v-slot="{ isOpen, toggleDropdown, handleFocusOut }" :sticky-state="stickyState"> <a href="/leave-and-holidays" class=" block h-full p-4 md:py-4 md:px-8 xl:px-3 xl:py-4 group/a hover:no-underline transition-shadow duration-150 relative pr-11 md:pr-16 xl:static shadow-none focus-visible:outlines-black-white" role="button" title="Display Leave and holidays submenu" :aria-expanded="isOpen" aria-controls="leave-and-holidays-submenu" @click.prevent="toggleDropdown" @focusout="handleFocusOut" > <span class="block font-600 group-hover/a:text-purple-700 transition-colors duration-150 text-lead-sm md:text-lead-md xl:text-body-md">Leave and holidays</span> <span class="block font-300 text-grey-500 text-lead-sm md:text-lead-md xl:text-body-md" lang="mi">Whakamatuatanga me ngā hararei</span> <span class="absolute text-center top-1/2 right-4 md:right-8 w-4 md:w-5 -translate-y-1/2 transition-transform duration-100 xl:hidden" :class="{ 'rotate-180': isOpen }" > <i class="fa-solid fa-chevron-down text-[12px] md:text-[16px]" aria-hidden="true"></i> </span> </a> <div class="w-full bg-beige py-4 md:py-8 xl:py-12 xl:absolute xl:top-full xl:left-0 xl:-z-[1] xl:shadow-dd-menu" :class="{ hidden: !isOpen }" :aria-hidden="isOpen ? null : 'true'" > <div class="dropdown-wrapper sm:flex px-4 md:px-8 xl:container relative"> <div class="w-full sm:max-w-[300px] pb-10 sm:pb-0"> <a href="/leave-and-holidays" class="block"> <h5 class="flex items-center">Leave and holidays <span class="block pl-4"><svg width="17" height="15" viewBox="0 0 17 15" fill="none" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"> <path d="M9.90625 1.24609L16.0938 7.15234C16.2695 7.32812 16.375 7.53906 16.375 7.78516C16.375 7.99609 16.2695 8.20703 16.0938 8.38281L9.90625 14.2891C9.58984 14.6055 9.02734 14.6055 8.71094 14.2539C8.39453 13.9375 8.39453 13.375 8.74609 13.0586L13.4219 8.62891H1.46875C0.976562 8.62891 0.625 8.24219 0.625 7.78516C0.625 7.29297 0.976562 6.94141 1.46875 6.94141H13.4219L8.74609 2.47656C8.39453 2.16016 8.39453 1.59766 8.71094 1.28125C9.02734 0.929688 9.55469 0.929688 9.90625 1.24609Z" fill="#753BBD"/> </svg> </span></h5> </a> <p class="pt-4 font-300 medium">Employees are entitled to annual holidays, public holidays, sick leave, bereavement leave, parental leave and other types of leave as long as they meet certain conditions.</p> </div> <div class="flex items-start w-full sm:ml-20 xl:ml-32 relative"> <ul id="leave-and-holidays-submenu" class="w-full"> <li class="w-full"> <v-dropdown v-slot="{ isOpen, toggleDropdown }"> <div class="block xl:w-4/12"> <div class="mb-5 xl:mb-2"> <a href="/leave-and-holidays/public-holidays" class=" rounded-md py-3 px-4 box-border font-600 text-lead-sm lead hover:bg-white hover:no-underline transition-colors duration-150 hidden xl:inline-block parent-item" data-menu="143" role="button" title="Display Public holidays submenu" aria-controls="public-holidays-submenu" > <span class="flex items-center"> <span class="text-3"> <i class="fa-light fa-chevron-right " aria-hidden="true"></i> </span> <span class="block ml-4">Public holidays</span> </span> </a> <a href="" class="font-600 text-lead-sm lead relative flex items-center hover:no-underline xl:hidden" role="button" title="Display Public holidays submenu" :aria-expanded="isOpen" aria-controls="public-holidays-submenu" @click.prevent="toggleDropdown" > <span :class="{ 'rotate-90': isOpen }" class="text-3"> <i class="fa-light fa-chevron-right " aria-hidden="true"></i> </span> <span class="block ml-4">Public holidays</span> </a> </div> </div> <div class="l3-menu-143 l3-menu absolute top-0 right-0 w-8/12 hidden pl-32 col-span-1"> <div class="pl-8 border-l border-[#7A797B]"> <a href="/leave-and-holidays/public-holidays" class="lead mb-2 flex items-center py-3 text-lead-sm font-600" title="Go to the Public holidays page"> Public holidays <span class="block pl-4"><svg width="17" height="15" viewBox="0 0 17 15" fill="none" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"> <path d="M9.90625 1.24609L16.0938 7.15234C16.2695 7.32812 16.375 7.53906 16.375 7.78516C16.375 7.99609 16.2695 8.20703 16.0938 8.38281L9.90625 14.2891C9.58984 14.6055 9.02734 14.6055 8.71094 14.2539C8.39453 13.9375 8.39453 13.375 8.74609 13.0586L13.4219 8.62891H1.46875C0.976562 8.62891 0.625 8.24219 0.625 7.78516C0.625 7.29297 0.976562 6.94141 1.46875 6.94141H13.4219L8.74609 2.47656C8.39453 2.16016 8.39453 1.59766 8.71094 1.28125C9.02734 0.929688 9.55469 0.929688 9.90625 1.24609Z" fill="#753BBD"/> </svg> </span> </a> <ul> <li class="mb-2"> <a href="/leave-and-holidays/public-holidays/public-holidays-and-anniversary-dates" class="small inline-block font-300" title="Go to the Public holidays and anniversary dates page"> Public holidays and anniversary dates </a> </li> <li class="mb-2"> <a href="/leave-and-holidays/public-holidays/previous-years-public-holidays-and-anniversary-dates" class="small inline-block font-300" title="Go to the Previous years: Public holidays and anniversary dates page"> Previous years: Public holidays and anniversary dates </a> </li> <li class="mb-2"> <a href="/leave-and-holidays/public-holidays/managing-public-holidays-as-an-employer" class="small inline-block font-300" title="Go to the Managing public holidays as an employer page"> Managing public holidays as an employer </a> </li> <li class="mb-2"> <a href="/leave-and-holidays/public-holidays/public-holidays-rights-for-employees" class="small inline-block font-300" title="Go to the Public holidays rights for employees page"> Public holidays rights for employees </a> </li> <li class="mb-2"> <a href="/leave-and-holidays/public-holidays/transferring-a-public-holiday" class="small inline-block font-300" title="Go to the Transferring a public holiday page"> Transferring a public holiday </a> </li> <li class="mb-2"> <a href="/leave-and-holidays/public-holidays/alternative-holidays" class="small inline-block font-300" title="Go to the Alternative holidays page"> Alternative holidays </a> </li> <li class="mb-2"> <a href="/leave-and-holidays/public-holidays/when-a-public-holiday-falls-on-a-weekend" class="small inline-block font-300" title="Go to the When a public holiday falls on a weekend page"> When a public holiday falls on a weekend </a> </li> <li class="mb-2"> <a href="/leave-and-holidays/public-holidays/restricted-trading-days-for-shops" class="small inline-block font-300" title="Go to the Restricted trading days for shops page"> Restricted trading days for shops </a> </li> <li class="mb-2"> <a href="/leave-and-holidays/public-holidays/working-and-trading-on-easter-sunday" class="small inline-block font-300" title="Go to the Working and trading on Easter Sunday page"> Working and trading on Easter Sunday </a> </li> </ul> </div> </div> <div :class="{ hidden: !isOpen }" :aria-hidden="isOpen ? null : 'true'"> <ul class="grid gap-4 pl-6 mb-5 xl:hidden"> <li> <a href="/leave-and-holidays/public-holidays/public-holidays-and-anniversary-dates" class="inline-block small color" title="Go to the Public holidays and anniversary dates page">Public holidays and anniversary dates</a> </li> <li> <a href="/leave-and-holidays/public-holidays/previous-years-public-holidays-and-anniversary-dates" class="inline-block small color" title="Go to the Previous years: Public holidays and anniversary dates page">Previous years: Public holidays and anniversary dates</a> </li> <li> <a href="/leave-and-holidays/public-holidays/managing-public-holidays-as-an-employer" class="inline-block small color" title="Go to the Managing public holidays as an employer page">Managing public holidays as an employer</a> </li> <li> <a href="/leave-and-holidays/public-holidays/public-holidays-rights-for-employees" class="inline-block small color" title="Go to the Public holidays rights for employees page">Public holidays rights for employees</a> </li> <li> <a href="/leave-and-holidays/public-holidays/transferring-a-public-holiday" class="inline-block small color" title="Go to the Transferring a public holiday page">Transferring a public holiday</a> </li> <li> <a href="/leave-and-holidays/public-holidays/alternative-holidays" class="inline-block small color" title="Go to the Alternative holidays page">Alternative holidays</a> </li> <li> <a href="/leave-and-holidays/public-holidays/when-a-public-holiday-falls-on-a-weekend" class="inline-block small color" title="Go to the When a public holiday falls on a weekend page">When a public holiday falls on a weekend</a> </li> <li> <a href="/leave-and-holidays/public-holidays/restricted-trading-days-for-shops" class="inline-block small color" title="Go to the Restricted trading days for shops page">Restricted trading days for shops</a> </li> <li> <a href="/leave-and-holidays/public-holidays/working-and-trading-on-easter-sunday" class="inline-block small color" title="Go to the Working and trading on Easter Sunday page">Working and trading on Easter Sunday</a> </li> </ul> </div> </v-dropdown> </li> <li class="w-full"> <v-dropdown v-slot="{ isOpen, toggleDropdown }"> <div class="block xl:w-4/12"> <div class="mb-5 xl:mb-2"> <a href="/leave-and-holidays/annual-holidays" class=" rounded-md py-3 px-4 box-border font-600 text-lead-sm lead hover:bg-white hover:no-underline transition-colors duration-150 hidden xl:inline-block parent-item" data-menu="385" role="button" title="Display Annual holidays submenu" aria-controls="annual-holidays-submenu" > <span class="flex items-center"> <span class="text-3"> <i class="fa-light fa-chevron-right " aria-hidden="true"></i> </span> <span class="block ml-4">Annual holidays</span> </span> </a> <a href="" class="font-600 text-lead-sm lead relative flex items-center hover:no-underline xl:hidden" role="button" title="Display Annual holidays submenu" :aria-expanded="isOpen" aria-controls="annual-holidays-submenu" @click.prevent="toggleDropdown" > <span :class="{ 'rotate-90': isOpen }" class="text-3"> <i class="fa-light fa-chevron-right " aria-hidden="true"></i> </span> <span class="block ml-4">Annual holidays</span> </a> </div> </div> <div class="l3-menu-385 l3-menu absolute top-0 right-0 w-8/12 hidden pl-32 col-span-1"> <div class="pl-8 border-l border-[#7A797B]"> <a href="/leave-and-holidays/annual-holidays" class="lead mb-2 flex items-center py-3 text-lead-sm font-600" title="Go to the Annual holidays page"> Annual holidays <span class="block pl-4"><svg width="17" height="15" viewBox="0 0 17 15" fill="none" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"> <path d="M9.90625 1.24609L16.0938 7.15234C16.2695 7.32812 16.375 7.53906 16.375 7.78516C16.375 7.99609 16.2695 8.20703 16.0938 8.38281L9.90625 14.2891C9.58984 14.6055 9.02734 14.6055 8.71094 14.2539C8.39453 13.9375 8.39453 13.375 8.74609 13.0586L13.4219 8.62891H1.46875C0.976562 8.62891 0.625 8.24219 0.625 7.78516C0.625 7.29297 0.976562 6.94141 1.46875 6.94141H13.4219L8.74609 2.47656C8.39453 2.16016 8.39453 1.59766 8.71094 1.28125C9.02734 0.929688 9.55469 0.929688 9.90625 1.24609Z" fill="#753BBD"/> </svg> </span> </a> <ul> <li class="mb-2"> <a href="/leave-and-holidays/annual-holidays/managing-annual-holidays" class="small inline-block font-300" title="Go to the Managing annual holidays page"> Managing annual holidays </a> </li> <li class="mb-2"> <a href="/leave-and-holidays/annual-holidays/taking-annual-holidays" class="small inline-block font-300" title="Go to the Taking annual holidays page"> Taking annual holidays </a> </li> <li class="mb-2"> <a href="/leave-and-holidays/annual-holidays/annual-closedowns-and-holidays" class="small inline-block font-300" title="Go to the Annual closedowns and holidays page"> Annual closedowns and holidays </a> </li> </ul> </div> </div> <div :class="{ hidden: !isOpen }" :aria-hidden="isOpen ? null : 'true'"> <ul class="grid gap-4 pl-6 mb-5 xl:hidden"> <li> <a href="/leave-and-holidays/annual-holidays/managing-annual-holidays" class="inline-block small color" title="Go to the Managing annual holidays page">Managing annual holidays</a> </li> <li> <a href="/leave-and-holidays/annual-holidays/taking-annual-holidays" class="inline-block small color" title="Go to the Taking annual holidays page">Taking annual holidays</a> </li> <li> <a href="/leave-and-holidays/annual-holidays/annual-closedowns-and-holidays" class="inline-block small color" title="Go to the Annual closedowns and holidays page">Annual closedowns and holidays</a> </li> </ul> </div> </v-dropdown> </li> <li class="w-full"> <v-dropdown v-slot="{ isOpen, toggleDropdown }"> <div class="block xl:w-4/12"> <div class="mb-5 xl:mb-2"> <a href="/leave-and-holidays/sick-leave" class=" rounded-md py-3 px-4 box-border font-600 text-lead-sm lead hover:bg-white hover:no-underline transition-colors duration-150 hidden xl:inline-block parent-item" data-menu="145" role="button" title="Display Sick leave submenu" aria-controls="sick-leave-submenu" > <span class="flex items-center"> <span class="text-3"> <i class="fa-light fa-chevron-right " aria-hidden="true"></i> </span> <span class="block ml-4">Sick leave</span> </span> </a> <a href="" class="font-600 text-lead-sm lead relative flex items-center hover:no-underline xl:hidden" role="button" title="Display Sick leave submenu" :aria-expanded="isOpen" aria-controls="sick-leave-submenu" @click.prevent="toggleDropdown" > <span :class="{ 'rotate-90': isOpen }" class="text-3"> <i class="fa-light fa-chevron-right " aria-hidden="true"></i> </span> <span class="block ml-4">Sick leave</span> </a> </div> </div> <div class="l3-menu-145 l3-menu absolute top-0 right-0 w-8/12 hidden pl-32 col-span-1"> <div class="pl-8 border-l border-[#7A797B]"> <a href="/leave-and-holidays/sick-leave" class="lead mb-2 flex items-center py-3 text-lead-sm font-600" title="Go to the Sick leave page"> Sick leave <span class="block pl-4"><svg width="17" height="15" viewBox="0 0 17 15" fill="none" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"> <path d="M9.90625 1.24609L16.0938 7.15234C16.2695 7.32812 16.375 7.53906 16.375 7.78516C16.375 7.99609 16.2695 8.20703 16.0938 8.38281L9.90625 14.2891C9.58984 14.6055 9.02734 14.6055 8.71094 14.2539C8.39453 13.9375 8.39453 13.375 8.74609 13.0586L13.4219 8.62891H1.46875C0.976562 8.62891 0.625 8.24219 0.625 7.78516C0.625 7.29297 0.976562 6.94141 1.46875 6.94141H13.4219L8.74609 2.47656C8.39453 2.16016 8.39453 1.59766 8.71094 1.28125C9.02734 0.929688 9.55469 0.929688 9.90625 1.24609Z" fill="#753BBD"/> </svg> </span> </a> <ul> <li class="mb-2"> <a href="/leave-and-holidays/sick-leave/managing-sick-leave" class="small inline-block font-300" title="Go to the Managing sick leave page"> Managing sick leave </a> </li> <li class="mb-2"> <a href="/leave-and-holidays/sick-leave/taking-sick-leave" class="small inline-block font-300" title="Go to the Taking sick leave page"> Taking sick leave </a> </li> </ul> </div> </div> <div :class="{ hidden: !isOpen }" :aria-hidden="isOpen ? null : 'true'"> <ul class="grid gap-4 pl-6 mb-5 xl:hidden"> <li> <a href="/leave-and-holidays/sick-leave/managing-sick-leave" class="inline-block small color" title="Go to the Managing sick leave page">Managing sick leave</a> </li> <li> <a href="/leave-and-holidays/sick-leave/taking-sick-leave" class="inline-block small color" title="Go to the Taking sick leave page">Taking sick leave</a> </li> </ul> </div> </v-dropdown> </li> <li class="w-full"> <v-dropdown v-slot="{ isOpen, toggleDropdown }"> <div class="block xl:w-4/12"> <div class="mb-5 xl:mb-2"> <a href="/leave-and-holidays/bereavement-leave" class=" rounded-md py-3 px-4 box-border font-600 text-lead-sm lead hover:bg-white hover:no-underline transition-colors duration-150 hidden xl:inline-block parent-item" data-menu="381" role="button" title="Display Bereavement leave submenu" aria-controls="bereavement-leave-submenu" > <span class="flex items-center"> <span class="text-3"> <i class="fa-light fa-chevron-right " aria-hidden="true"></i> </span> <span class="block ml-4">Bereavement leave</span> </span> </a> <a href="" class="font-600 text-lead-sm lead relative flex items-center hover:no-underline xl:hidden" role="button" title="Display Bereavement leave submenu" :aria-expanded="isOpen" aria-controls="bereavement-leave-submenu" @click.prevent="toggleDropdown" > <span :class="{ 'rotate-90': isOpen }" class="text-3"> <i class="fa-light fa-chevron-right " aria-hidden="true"></i> </span> <span class="block ml-4">Bereavement leave</span> </a> </div> </div> <div class="l3-menu-381 l3-menu absolute top-0 right-0 w-8/12 hidden pl-32 col-span-1"> <div class="pl-8 border-l border-[#7A797B]"> <a href="/leave-and-holidays/bereavement-leave" class="lead mb-2 flex items-center py-3 text-lead-sm font-600" title="Go to the Bereavement leave page"> Bereavement leave <span class="block pl-4"><svg width="17" height="15" viewBox="0 0 17 15" fill="none" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"> <path d="M9.90625 1.24609L16.0938 7.15234C16.2695 7.32812 16.375 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class="grid gap-4 pl-6 mb-5 xl:hidden"> <li> <a href="/leave-and-holidays/bereavement-leave/managing-bereavement-leave" class="inline-block small color" title="Go to the Managing bereavement leave page">Managing bereavement leave</a> </li> <li> <a href="/leave-and-holidays/bereavement-leave/taking-bereavement-leave" class="inline-block small color" title="Go to the Taking bereavement leave page">Taking bereavement leave</a> </li> </ul> </div> </v-dropdown> </li> <li class="w-full"> <v-dropdown v-slot="{ isOpen, toggleDropdown }"> <div class="block xl:w-4/12"> <div class="mb-5 xl:mb-2"> <a href="/leave-and-holidays/parental-leave" class=" rounded-md py-3 px-4 box-border font-600 text-lead-sm lead hover:bg-white hover:no-underline transition-colors duration-150 hidden xl:inline-block parent-item" data-menu="146" role="button" title="Display Parental leave submenu" aria-controls="parental-leave-submenu" > <span class="flex items-center"> <span class="text-3"> <i class="fa-light fa-chevron-right " aria-hidden="true"></i> </span> <span class="block ml-4">Parental leave</span> </span> </a> <a href="" class="font-600 text-lead-sm lead relative flex items-center hover:no-underline xl:hidden" role="button" title="Display Parental leave submenu" :aria-expanded="isOpen" aria-controls="parental-leave-submenu" @click.prevent="toggleDropdown" > <span :class="{ 'rotate-90': isOpen }" class="text-3"> <i class="fa-light fa-chevron-right " aria-hidden="true"></i> </span> <span class="block ml-4">Parental leave</span> </a> </div> </div> <div class="l3-menu-146 l3-menu absolute top-0 right-0 w-8/12 hidden pl-32 col-span-1"> <div class="pl-8 border-l border-[#7A797B]"> <a href="/leave-and-holidays/parental-leave" class="lead mb-2 flex items-center py-3 text-lead-sm font-600" title="Go to the Parental leave page"> Parental leave <span class="block pl-4"><svg width="17" height="15" viewBox="0 0 17 15" fill="none" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"> <path d="M9.90625 1.24609L16.0938 7.15234C16.2695 7.32812 16.375 7.53906 16.375 7.78516C16.375 7.99609 16.2695 8.20703 16.0938 8.38281L9.90625 14.2891C9.58984 14.6055 9.02734 14.6055 8.71094 14.2539C8.39453 13.9375 8.39453 13.375 8.74609 13.0586L13.4219 8.62891H1.46875C0.976562 8.62891 0.625 8.24219 0.625 7.78516C0.625 7.29297 0.976562 6.94141 1.46875 6.94141H13.4219L8.74609 2.47656C8.39453 2.16016 8.39453 1.59766 8.71094 1.28125C9.02734 0.929688 9.55469 0.929688 9.90625 1.24609Z" fill="#753BBD"/> </svg> </span> </a> <ul> <li class="mb-2"> <a href="/leave-and-holidays/parental-leave/managing-parental-leave-as-an-employer" class="small inline-block font-300" title="Go to the Managing parental leave as an employer page"> Managing parental leave as an employer </a> </li> <li class="mb-2"> <a href="/leave-and-holidays/parental-leave/taking-parental-leave" class="small inline-block font-300" title="Go to the Taking parental leave page"> Taking parental leave </a> </li> <li class="mb-2"> <a href="/leave-and-holidays/parental-leave/types-of-parental-leave" class="small inline-block font-300" title="Go to the Types of parental leave page"> Types of parental leave </a> </li> <li class="mb-2"> <a href="/leave-and-holidays/parental-leave/if-youre-self-employed" class="small inline-block font-300" title="Go to the If you’re self-employed page"> If you’re self-employed </a> </li> </ul> </div> </div> <div :class="{ hidden: !isOpen }" :aria-hidden="isOpen ? null : 'true'"> <ul class="grid gap-4 pl-6 mb-5 xl:hidden"> <li> <a href="/leave-and-holidays/parental-leave/managing-parental-leave-as-an-employer" class="inline-block small color" title="Go to the Managing parental leave as an employer page">Managing parental leave as an employer</a> </li> <li> <a href="/leave-and-holidays/parental-leave/taking-parental-leave" class="inline-block small color" title="Go to the Taking parental leave page">Taking parental leave</a> </li> <li> <a href="/leave-and-holidays/parental-leave/types-of-parental-leave" class="inline-block small color" title="Go to the Types of parental leave page">Types of parental leave</a> </li> <li> <a href="/leave-and-holidays/parental-leave/if-youre-self-employed" class="inline-block small color" title="Go to the If you’re self-employed page">If you’re self-employed</a> </li> </ul> </div> </v-dropdown> </li> <li class="w-full"> <v-dropdown v-slot="{ isOpen, toggleDropdown }"> <div class="block xl:w-4/12"> <div class="mb-5 xl:mb-2"> <a href="/leave-and-holidays/family-violence-leave" class=" rounded-md py-3 px-4 box-border font-600 text-lead-sm lead hover:bg-white hover:no-underline transition-colors duration-150 hidden xl:inline-block parent-item" data-menu="386" role="button" title="Display Family violence leave submenu" aria-controls="family-violence-leave-submenu" > <span class="flex items-center"> <span class="text-3"> <i class="fa-light fa-chevron-right " aria-hidden="true"></i> </span> <span class="block ml-4">Family violence leave</span> </span> </a> <a href="" class="font-600 text-lead-sm lead relative flex items-center hover:no-underline xl:hidden" role="button" title="Display Family violence leave submenu" :aria-expanded="isOpen" aria-controls="family-violence-leave-submenu" @click.prevent="toggleDropdown" > <span :class="{ 'rotate-90': isOpen }" class="text-3"> <i class="fa-light fa-chevron-right " aria-hidden="true"></i> </span> <span class="block ml-4">Family violence leave</span> </a> </div> </div> <div class="l3-menu-386 l3-menu absolute top-0 right-0 w-8/12 hidden pl-32 col-span-1"> <div class="pl-8 border-l border-[#7A797B]"> <a href="/leave-and-holidays/family-violence-leave" class="lead mb-2 flex items-center py-3 text-lead-sm font-600" title="Go to the Family violence leave page"> Family violence leave <span class="block pl-4"><svg width="17" height="15" viewBox="0 0 17 15" fill="none" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"> <path d="M9.90625 1.24609L16.0938 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items-center">Fair work practices <span class="block pl-4"><svg width="17" height="15" viewBox="0 0 17 15" fill="none" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"> <path d="M9.90625 1.24609L16.0938 7.15234C16.2695 7.32812 16.375 7.53906 16.375 7.78516C16.375 7.99609 16.2695 8.20703 16.0938 8.38281L9.90625 14.2891C9.58984 14.6055 9.02734 14.6055 8.71094 14.2539C8.39453 13.9375 8.39453 13.375 8.74609 13.0586L13.4219 8.62891H1.46875C0.976562 8.62891 0.625 8.24219 0.625 7.78516C0.625 7.29297 0.976562 6.94141 1.46875 6.94141H13.4219L8.74609 2.47656C8.39453 2.16016 8.39453 1.59766 8.71094 1.28125C9.02734 0.929688 9.55469 0.929688 9.90625 1.24609Z" fill="#753BBD"/> </svg> </span></h5> </a> <p class="pt-4 font-300 medium">Fair work practices balance the rights and responsibilities of employees and employers. 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md:typography-md xl:typography-xl"> <h2 class="h3">What is unlawful discrimination?</h2> <p>Unlawful <v-tooltip id="glossary-77-1" title="Discrimination" aria-label="Show discrimination definition"> <template v-slot:content="">discrimination</template> <template v-slot:tooltip=""> <p>When a person is treated differently and less fairly than others, for example, because of their race, sex, age, religion, or other prohibited ground under the Human Rights Act 1993.</p> </template> </v-tooltip> is when a person is treated differently and less fairly than others because of their race, sex, age, religion or a prohibited ground.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="element enz__elements__elementcontent" id="e2146"> <div class="max-w-content"> <div class="typography md:typography-md xl:typography-xl"> <h2 class="h3">Discrimination relating to employment</h2> <p>In employment, discrimination is unlawful when — on the basis of a ‘prohibited ground’ — an <v-tooltip id="glossary-84-2" title="Employer" aria-label="Show employer definition"> <template v-slot:content="">employer</template> <template v-slot:tooltip=""> <p>An individual or organisation that hires 1 or more employees and contracts them to work in exchange for wages or salary under a ‘contract of service’ (commonly called an ‘employment agreement’). </p> </template> </v-tooltip> , directly or indirectly:</p> <ul> <li>does not give an <v-tooltip id="glossary-82-3" title="Employee" aria-label="Show employee definition"> <template v-slot:content="">employee</template> <template v-slot:tooltip=""> <p>Any person, whatever their age, who is employed by an employer to do any work for hire or reward under a ‘contract of service’ (commonly called an ‘employment agreement’). </p> </template> </v-tooltip> the same terms of employment, work conditions, fringe benefits, and opportunities for training, promotion and transfer as other employees: <ul> <li>with more or less the same qualifications, experience or skills, and</li> <li>who are employed in the same or substantially similar circumstances, or</li> </ul> </li> <li>dismisses an employee or does something that has a negative effect on their employment, job performance or job satisfaction when they are not treating other employees doing the same type of work in the same way, or</li> <li>retires an employee, or makes the employee retire or resign — for example, by creating unfavourable working conditions to make the person resign.</li> </ul> <h3>Exceptions to the rule</h3> <p>There are some specific employment situations where it is lawful to make employment-related decisions on the basis of a prohibited ground.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="element enz__elements__elementcontent" id="e2147"> <div class="max-w-content"> <div class="typography md:typography-md xl:typography-xl"> <h2 class="h3">Prohibited grounds for discrimination</h2> <p>All people are protected from unlawful discrimination in their employment on the grounds of:</p> <ul> <li>age</li> <li>race or colour</li> <li>ethnicity or national origins</li> <li>sex (including pregnancy or childbirth)</li> <li>sexual orientation</li> <li>disability</li> <li>religious or ethical belief</li> <li>marital or family status</li> <li>employment status</li> <li>political opinion</li> <li>being affected by family violence</li> <li>involvement in <v-tooltip id="glossary-50-4" title="Union" aria-label="Show union definition"> <template v-slot:content="">union</template> <template v-slot:tooltip=""> <p>An organisation that supports and advocates for employees in the workplace. Unions bargain for collective agreements and help employees with information and advice about work-related issues. </p> </template> </v-tooltip> activities, including claiming or helping others to claim a benefit under an employment agreement, or taking or intending to take employment relations education leave.</li> </ul> <p>The ‘prohibited grounds’ for discrimination (when discrimination is considered unlawful) are set out in the Human Rights Act 1993 and the Employment Relations Act 2000.</p> <p><a class="external" rel="external" href="https://www.legislation.govt.nz/act/public/1993/0082/latest/DLM304475.html">Human Rights Act 1993 - New Zealand Legislation<span class="nonvisual-indicator">(external link)</span></a></p> <p><a class="external" rel="external" href="https://www.legislation.govt.nz/act/public/2000/0024/latest/DLM60329.html">Employment Relations Act 2000 - New Zealand Legislation<span class="nonvisual-indicator">(external link)</span></a></p> <p>Under the Human Rights Act 1993 it is unlawful to ask questions of or about a job applicant that indicate an intention to discriminate on one of the grounds covered by the Act.</p> <p>If a person thinks that an employer has acted in this way, they may make a complaint under the Human Rights Act 1993.</p> <p><a class="external" rel="external" href="https://tikatangata.org.nz/resources-and-support/make-a-complaint">Making a complaint – Human Rights Commission<span class="nonvisual-indicator">(external link)</span></a></p> <p>Other types of unlawful discrimination:</p> <ul> <li>racial harassment</li> <li>sexual harassment</li> <li>indirect discrimination</li> <li>victimisation</li> <li>adverse treatment of employees affected by family violence.</li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> <div class="element enz__elements__elementcontent" id="e2148"> <div class="max-w-content"> <div class="typography md:typography-md xl:typography-xl"> <h2 class="h3">If you think you have been unlawfully discriminated against</h2> <p>If you believe an employer is unlawfully discriminating against you, you should first talk with them and try to resolve the problem. You can have a support person to help you, for example, a union representative or member of your whānau.</p> <p>If this is unsuccessful or not appropriate, there are other options available to you depending on whether the issue arose before or during employment.</p> <h3>If the discrimination was before employment</h3> <p>The Human Rights Act 1993 applies to discrimination in most aspects of employment including job advertisements, application forms, interviews and job offers before the person has a job, as well as once the person has the job. It also applies to unpaid workers and independent <v-tooltip id="glossary-74-5" title="Contractor" aria-label="Show contractors definition"> <template v-slot:content="">contractors</template> <template v-slot:tooltip=""> <p> A self-employed person or independent contractor who is hired to perform services under a ‘contract for services’.</p> </template> </v-tooltip> .</p> <h3>If the discrimination was during employment</h3> <p>If an employee thinks they have been unlawfully discriminated against during their employment they can:</p> <ul> <li>seek support from Employment Mediation Services — this might include going to <v-tooltip id="glossary-30-6" title="Mediation" aria-label="Show mediation definition"> <template v-slot:content="">mediation</template> <template v-slot:tooltip=""> <p>A confidential and safe way for employers and employees to work through their issues and develop solutions with the help of an independent mediator. Mediation is usually voluntary, but in some cases can be directed by the Employment Relations Authority.</p> </template> </v-tooltip> </li> <li>raise a <v-tooltip id="glossary-123-7" title="Personal grievance" aria-label="Show personal grievance definition"> <template v-slot:content="">personal grievance</template> <template v-slot:tooltip=""> <p>An action that an employee can take against a current or former employer when they have an employment issue they cannot resolve. </p> </template> </v-tooltip> , or</li> <li>make a complaint to the Human Rights Commission Te Kāhui Tika Tangata.</li> </ul> <p><a href="/resolving-problems/how-to-resolve-problems">How to resolve problems</a></p> <p>More information:</p> <p><a class="external" rel="external" href="https://diversityworksnz.org.nz/">Diversity Works New Zealand<span class="nonvisual-indicator">(external link)</span></a></p> <p><a class="external" rel="external" href="https://www.worksafe.govt.nz/managing-health-and-safety/workers/protections-for-workers/">Protections for workers - WorkSafe<span class="nonvisual-indicator">(external link)</span></a></p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="element enz__elements__elementcontent" id="e2174"> <div class="max-w-content"> <div class="typography md:typography-md xl:typography-xl"> <h2 class="h3">Discrimination against transgender people</h2> <p>A person’s gender identity and expression is a part of who they are, not a lifestyle choice. Transgender people are protected from discrimination in employment.</p> <h3>Employment protections for transgender people</h3> <p>Prohibition of discrimination on the grounds of sex under the Human Rights Act 1993 is considered to include gender identity. Transgender people may be protected under the Act from unlawful discrimination on the grounds of gender identity in the workplace, but this has not been tested in New Zealand courts.</p> <p>Under the Employment Relations Act 2000, employees and employers have a duty to treat each other in good faith. This includes an obligation to communicate openly and try to deal with any issues that affect their employment relationship.</p> <p><a href="/starting-employment/rights-and-responsibilities/good-faith">Good faith</a></p> <h3>Dismissal or refusal to hire</h3> <p>A transgender person is not being dishonest if they choose not to disclose their gender identity. They are not required to do so and may not be sharing personal information because they fear being discriminated against.</p> <p>An employer cannot, on the grounds that a person is transgender:</p> <ul> <li>refuse to hire them because ‘they won’t fit in’</li> <li>move them away from frontline work (unless they ask or agree)</li> <li><v-tooltip id="glossary-78-8" title="Dismissal" aria-label="Show dismiss definition"> <template v-slot:content="">dismiss</template> <template v-slot:tooltip=""> <p>When an employer removes an employee from their job, for example, as a result of misconduct or redundancy. </p> </template> </v-tooltip> them</li> <li>pressure them to resign by changing their working conditions.</li> </ul> <p>Any of the situations above may provide grounds for a complaint of discrimination on the basis of sex under the Human Rights Act 2003 or, in the case of an employee, a <v-tooltip id="glossary-123-9" title="Personal grievance" aria-label="Show personal grievance definition"> <template v-slot:content="">personal grievance</template> <template v-slot:tooltip=""> <p>An action that an employee can take against a current or former employer when they have an employment issue they cannot resolve. </p> </template> </v-tooltip> under the Employment Relations Act 2000 (including for a new employee on a trial period of up to 90 days).</p> <p><a href="/resolving-problems/how-to-resolve-problems/personal-grievances">Personal grievances</a></p> <h3>More information</h3> <p>Human Rights Commission Te Kāhui Tika Tangata:</p> <p>Infoline: 0800 496 877</p> <p><a class="external" rel="external" href="https://tikatangata.org.nz/our-work/inquiry-into-discrimination-experienced-by-transgender-people">Inquiry into discrimination experienced by transgender people – Te Kāhui Tika Tangata Human Rights Commission<span class="nonvisual-indicator">(external link)</span></a></p> <p>Employment New Zealand – Cases of interest:</p> <p><a href="/employment-new-zealand/cases-of-interest/previous-years/2016#e2301">Hemmingson v Swan t/a Barker’s Groom Room [July 2016] NZERA Auckland</a></p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="element enz__elements__elementaccordion" id="e2178"> <div class="max-w-content"> <div class="mb-8"> <div class="typography md:typography-md xl:typography-xl"> <h2 class="h3">Exceptions to unlawful discrimination</h2> <p>There are some exceptions to the prohibited grounds for discrimination in employment, which allow people in certain work situations to be treated differently.</p> <p>An exception to the prohibited grounds for discrimination will not apply if only some of the duties of the job fall within an exception and it would not unreasonably disrupt the employer’s business for those duties to be given to another employee.</p> <h3>Areas where exceptions may apply</h3> </div> </div> <v-accordion title="Ship and aircraft crew"> <div class="typography md:typography-md xl:typography-xl pb-4"> <p>Different treatment if a person has applied for a job, or is employed — or on — a ship or aircraft not in or from New Zealand.</p> </div> </v-accordion> <v-accordion title="National security"> <div class="typography md:typography-md xl:typography-xl pb-4"> <p>Different treatment based on:</p> <ul> <li>religious or ethical belief</li> <li>political opinion</li> <li>disability</li> <li>family status</li> <li>national origin of the person, or a relative, for work involving national security</li> </ul> <p>if secret or top secret security clearance is needed, and the person is under 20 years.</p> </div> </v-accordion> <v-accordion title="Work outside New Zealand"> <div class="typography md:typography-md xl:typography-xl pb-4"> <p>Different treatment based on sex, religious or ethical belief, or age if:</p> <ul> <li>the work is performed wholly or mainly outside New Zealand, and</li> <li>this work is ordinarily carried out only by a person of a particular sex or religious or ethical belief, or particular age group, because of the laws, customs, or practices of the country the work is in.</li> </ul> </div> </v-accordion> <v-accordion title="Authenticity and privacy"> <div class="typography md:typography-md xl:typography-xl pb-4"> <p>Different treatment based on:</p> <ul> <li>sex or age if being a particular sex or age is a genuine occupational qualification for the position or employment for reasons of authenticity – for example, a model for women’s clothing<br><a href="/starting-employment/hiring/discrimination-against-transgender-people">Discrimination against transgender people</a></li> <li>sex, religious or ethical belief, disability, age, political opinion, or sexual orientation for domestic employment in a private household — for example, au pair</li> <li>sex if the position needs to be held by one sex to maintain reasonable standards of privacy, for example, lingerie fitter</li> <li>sex in situations where the nature or location of the job means the employee needs to live in property provided by the employer and it is not reasonable for the employer to have to provide separate sleeping accommodation or premises for each sex</li> <li>sex, race, ethnic or national origins, or sexual orientation, if the job is as a counsellor on highly personal matters such as sexual matters or violence prevention.</li> </ul> <p>If an employee usually has to, or can, live in premises provided by the employer as a term or condition of their employment, the employer does not have to offer a term or condition of employment in relation to a particular sex or marital status if, in all the circumstances, it is not reasonably practicable.</p> </div> </v-accordion> <v-accordion title="Religious purposes"> <div class="typography md:typography-md xl:typography-xl pb-4"> <p>Different treatment based on:</p> <ul> <li>sex where the job is for the purposes of an organised religion and its doctrines, rules or established customs limit the job to one sex</li> <li>religious or ethical belief: <ul> <li>under section 65 of the Private Schools Conditional Integration Act 1975, or</li> <li>if the duties of the position are, more or less, the same as those of a clergyman, priest, pastor, official, or teacher among people with that belief, or involve the promoting of that belief, or are those of a teacher in a private school, or consist of acting as a social worker on behalf of an organisation whose members comprise followers of that belief.</li> </ul> </li> </ul> <p>If a religious or ethical belief makes its followers follow a particular practice, an employer must accommodate this as long they do not need to make changes that unreasonably disrupt the employer’s activities.</p> </div> </v-accordion> <v-accordion title="Disability"> <div class="typography md:typography-md xl:typography-xl pb-4"> <p>Different treatment based on disability:</p> <ul> <li>if the person could only do the job satisfactorily with the help of special services or facilities and it is not reasonable for the employer to have to provide them, or</li> <li>if the person could only do the job with a risk of harming themselves or others, including the risk of infecting others with an illness, and it is not reasonable to take that risk (unless the employer could take reasonable measures to reduce the risk to a normal level without unreasonable disruption), and</li> <li>unless the terms of employment or conditions of work are set or varied after taking into account: <ul> <li>any special limitations that the person’s disability puts on their capacity to carry out the work, and</li> <li>any special services or facilities that are provided to enable or facilitate the carrying out of the work.</li> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> </v-accordion> <v-accordion title="Age"> <div class="typography md:typography-md xl:typography-xl pb-4"> <p>Different treatment:</p> <ul> <li>in relation to any job where being of a particular age or age group is a genuine qualification for any reason, including safety</li> <li>by paying a person aged 20 or under at a lower rate than someone else in more or less the same circumstances because they have not reached a particular age yet. (Preferential treatment based on age in this situation is allowed.)</li> </ul> </div> </v-accordion> <v-accordion title="Superannuation schemes"> <div class="typography md:typography-md xl:typography-xl pb-4"> <p>Different treatment based on:</p> <ul> <li>age or disability in relation to any condition in, or requirement of, a superannuation scheme in existence at the commencement of the Human Rights Act 1993 in relation to someone who was a member of the scheme at the commencement of this Act or became a member of the scheme before 1 January 1996.</li> </ul> <p>Different benefits:</p> <ul> <li>for members of each sex on the basis of the same contributions, or the same benefits for members of each sex on the basis of different contributions, if the treatment is based on actuarial or statistical data, relating to life-expectancy, accidents, or sickness which it is reasonable to rely on and is reasonable having regard to the applicability of the data, and of any other relevant factors, to the particular circumstances.</li> </ul> <p>Different treatment for schemes:</p> <ul> <li>providing or requiring different contributions or benefits for members by reason of the disability or age of those members, if the different treatment is based on reasonable actuarial or statistical data, reputable medical or actuarial advice or opinion — for example, relating to life-expectancy, accidents, or sickness which it reasonable to rely on in the particular circumstances</li> <li>needing applicants for membership to be under a maximum age, or</li> <li>letting members make increased or reduced contributions, or</li> <li>specifying an age of eligibility for each benefit provided for members, or</li> <li>making people who became members of the scheme on or after 1 January 1995 leave the scheme when they are at the age where people usually get national superannuation (subject to section 183 of the Financial Markets Conduct Act 2013), or</li> <li>providing benefits on the death or disability of members that decrease in value as their age increases, or</li> <li>providing benefits for members of the scheme that are different according to their period of membership and, in the case of a superannuation scheme provided by an employer, of any scheme to which the employer has paid contributions on behalf of the employee.</li> </ul> </div> </v-accordion> <v-accordion title="Employment of a political nature"> <div class="typography md:typography-md xl:typography-xl pb-4"> <p>Different treatment based on political opinion, if the job is:</p> <ul> <li>a political adviser (or secretary) to a member of Parliament, or</li> <li>a political adviser to a member of a local authority, or</li> <li>a political adviser to a candidate seeking election to the House of Representatives or to a local authority within the meaning of the Local Electoral Act 2001, or</li> <li>a member of the staff of a political party.</li> </ul> </div> </v-accordion> <v-accordion title="Family status"> <div 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