Summary Report for the Review of the Employment Relations Act 2000: Part 9 Personal Grievances
April 2010
Table of Contents
- Executive Summary
- Introduction
- Summary of submitters
- Submitter involvement in personal grievances
- Operation of the personal grievance system
- 1. The cost of problem resolution
- 2. Varying quality (and effect) of employment advocates
- 3. Balance of fairness in the personal grievance system
- 4. Ensuring access to justice
- 5. Negative impact of the responsiveness and timeliness of services
- 6. Employment relationship problems appear to impact disproportionately on small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs)
- 7. Eligibility - raising a personal grievance
- 8. Effectiveness of remedies
- Assistance to resolve problems at an early stage
- General questions
- Appendix 1: Submission questions
- Appendix 2: List of submitters