Let’s Go Hunting !
This task requires you to hunt the web to find answers to questions about employment relations. Each question tells you which website to look at.
You need to work with your forum group to research all of these resources, answer the task questions, and then agree on, collate, and present your comprehensive findings.
You need to organise your forum group. You can nominate yourself for positions or suggest other group members. Your forum group needs to:
- choose a facilitator to direct discussion in the group
- decide how the members of your group will work together to research the questions and decide on the best answers
- choose a reporter to collate and write up the findings of the group
You need to answer these questions:
- Go to: http://www.hrc.co.nz/home/default.php
What is direct discrimination?
- Go to: http://www.hrc.co.nz/home/hrc/unlawfuldiscriminationcomplaints/grounds/age.php
What does the Human Rights Act say about age in employment?
- Go to: http://www.legislation.govt.nz/browse_vw.asp?content-set=pal_statutes
What does the Privacy Act say about the purpose personal information may be collected for?
- Go to: http://www.ers.dol.govt.nz/audienceinfo/employers.html
What does the Information for Employers section of the Employment Relations Service web pages say is the goal of the ERA?
Who is an employee?
- Go to http://www.ers.dol.govt.nz/pay/minimum.html
What does the Minimum Wage Act say about employees aged 16 years or more?
What can an employee who is being paid less than the minimum rate do?
- Go to http://www.legislation.govt.nz/browse_vw.asp?content-set=pal_statutes
How does the Equal Pay Act define ‘unlawful discrimination’?
- Go to http://www.ers.dol.govt.nz/relationships/
What does the Department of Labour say about employment agreements?
- Go to http://www.ers.dol.govt.nz/relationships/builder/
What does section 3.1 of the Department of Labour agreement builder say about the nature of casual employment agreements?
- Go to http://www.ers.dol.govt.nz/relationships/builder/
What does section 6.1 on the Department of Labour agreement builder say about hours of work for casual workers?
- Go to http://www.ers.dol.govt.nz/bargaining/
What does the Department of Labour say about collective agreements?
- Go to http://www.ers.dol.govt.nz/audienceinfo/employers.html#ea_indi_bargaining
What does the Department of Labour say about what an employer must do when bargaining with individual employees?
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Great work, you have finished the web hunt. Now, present the agreed answers in the forum.
