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Title
Demonstrate knowledge of unions in employment
Level
3
Credits
3
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to demonstrate
knowledge of unions in 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
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.
3
Legislation relevant to this unit standard includes but is not limited to: Employment
Relations Act 2000 (ERA), Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992 (HSE), and
any other legislation relating to the organisation and/or its operations.
4
Definition
ILO Conventions refer to minimum standards promulgated by the International
Labour Organisation, to which New Zealand is a party. The conventions relevant to
this standard are:
This unit standard is
expiring
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
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Demonstrate knowledge of unions in employment.
Evidence requirements
1.1
The role of unions is described in terms of ERA and ILO Conventions.
Range
organising collective activity at work, representation, bargaining,
education.
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1.2
Rights of unions in employment are described in terms of ERA and ILO
Conventions.
includes but is not limited to – access to workplaces;
evidence is required for at least four rights.
Range
1.3
Responsibilities of unions in employment are described in terms of ERA and
ILO Conventions.
Range
1.4
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good faith, registration, accountability to members.
The purpose of unions is described in terms of ERA’s objects, Part 1.
This unit standard is expiring. Assessment against the standard must take place by
the last date for assessment set out below.
Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process
Version Date
Last Date for Assessment
Registration
1
17 November 2011
31 December 2018
Review
2
15 October 2015
31 December 2018
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.
This unit standard is
expiring
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.
NZQA National Qualifications Services
SSB Code 130301
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016