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Title
Identify the employment rights of employees with regard to union
membership
Level
2
Credits
3
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to identify
minimum employment rights with regard to union membership
and the role of unions in upholding and developing employment
rights of employees through collectivism.
Classification
Business Operations and Development > Workplace Relations
Available grade
Achieved
Entry information
Recommended skills
and knowledge
Unit 22133, Define the roles of trade union representatives in
the workplace, or demonstrate equivalent knowledge and skills.
Explanatory notes
1
Unit standards in the Workplace Relations domain are about influences on
employment and workplace expectations and practices, arising from the legal
framework of employment.
2
Legislation relevant to this unit standard is the Employment Relations Act 2000,
Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992, Holidays Act 2003, and the Parental
Leave and Employment Protection Act 1987.
3
This unit standard is
expiring
The Code of Good Faith in Collective Bargaining and other reference material,
including contact information, are available from the Employment Relations Service,
Department of Labour, at http://www.dol.govt.nz/er/starting/unions/code.asp.
4
Definition
ILO Conventions refers to minimum standards promulgated by the International
Labour Organisation, to which New Zealand is a party. The conventions relevant to
this unit standard are:
Convention 87 Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organise,
1948;
Convention 98 Application of the Principles of the Right to Organise and to Bargain
Collectively, 1949.
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Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Identify minimum employment rights with regard to union membership.
Evidence requirements
1.1
Protections conferred on unions and union members by ILO Conventions and
New Zealand legislation are identified.
1.2
Good Faith obligations regarding union membership and union activities are
identified in accordance with the Employment Relations Act.
1.3
Good Faith rights regarding participation in collective bargaining are identified in
accordance with the Code of Good Faith in Collective Bargaining.
Outcome 2
Identify the role of unions in upholding and developing employment rights of employees
through collectivism.
Evidence requirements
2.1
Key aspects of union practice in upholding and developing employment rights of
employees through collectivism are identified.
includes but is not limited to – collective bargaining,
representation, education, lobbying, advocacy.
Range
This unit standard is
Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process
Version Dateexpiring Last Date for Assessment
This unit standard is expiring. Assessment against the standard must take place by
the last date for assessment set out below.
Registration
1
24 August 2006
31 December 2014
Revision
2
27 October 2006
31 December 2014
Review
3
17 November 2011
31 December 2018
Review
4
15 October 2015
31 December 2018
Republished
4
11 March 2016
31 December 2018
Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR) reference
0113
This CMR can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do.
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Please note
Providers must be granted consent to assess against standards (accredited) by NZQA,
before they can report credits from assessment against unit standards or deliver courses
of study leading to that assessment.
Industry Training Organisations must be granted consent to assess against standards by
NZQA before they can register credits from assessment against unit standards.
Providers and Industry Training Organisations, which have been granted consent and
which are assessing against unit standards must engage with the moderation system that
applies to those standards.
Requirements for consent to assess and an outline of the moderation system that applies
to this standard are outlined in the Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR). The
CMR also includes useful information about special requirements for organisations wishing
to develop education and training programmes, such as minimum qualifications for tutors
and assessors, and special resource requirements.
This unit standard is
expiring
NZQA National Qualifications Services
SSB Code 130301
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016