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Title
Demonstrate knowledge of workplace relations concepts arising
from the legal framework of employment
Level
3
Credits
4
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to demonstrate
knowledge of workplace relations concepts arising from the
legal framework of employment.
Classification
Business Operations and Development > Workplace Relations
Available grade
Achieved
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
Assessment against this unit standard will be in a specific organisational context,
either one real to the candidate or a realistically simulated one.
3
The assessment context for this unit standard must be suitable to meet the criteria for
Level 3 in the NZQF Level Descriptors, which are available by searching for “levels
descriptors” at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz.
4
Definition
Organisation refers to a specific entity which may be – in private, public, or community
and volunteer sectors; a business, a separate unit within a larger entity, a Māori
organisation, or a special-purpose body.
5
For this unit standard, legal framework of employment must include the Employment
Relations Act 2000 (ERA), the Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992 (HSE),
and at least three of the following, as relevant to the context:
- Accident Compensation Act 2001
- Equal Pay Act 1972
- Holidays Act 2003
- Human Rights Act 1993
- Industry Training Act 1992
- Minimum Wage Act 1983
- Parental Leave and Employment Protection Act 1987
- Privacy Act 1993
- State-Owned Enterprises Act 1986
- State Sector Act 1988
- Wages Protection Act 1983.
This unit standard is
expiring
NZQA National Qualifications Services
SSB Code 130301
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016
NZQA Expiring unit standard
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The Code of Good Faith in Collective Bargaining (‘Code of Good Faith’) and other
reference material, including contact information, is available from the Employment
Relations Service, Department of Labour, at
http://www.dol.govt.nz/er/starting/unions/code.asp.
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Demonstrate knowledge of workplace relations concepts arising from the legal framework
of employment.
Evidence requirements
1.1
Legal framework for employment is described in terms of its purpose, and in
terms of its influence on the candidate and the organisation, according to the
candidate’s context.
Range
1.2
ERA, HSE, and each of the other three Acts selected will be
described separately.
Workplace relations concepts arising from legal framework of employment are
described with reference to the candidate’s context.
concepts – good faith, procedural fairness, duty of care,
consultation.
Range
This unit standard is expiring. Assessment against the standard must take place by
the last date for assessment set out below.
This unit standard is
1
17 November 2011
31 December 2018
expiring
2
15 October 2015
31 December 2018
Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process
Version Date
Last Date for Assessment
Registration
Review
Republished
2
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.
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.
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SSB Code 130301
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016
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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