Employment Court of New Zealand

The Employment Court of New Zealand (Māori: Te Kooti Take-a-mihi o Aotearoa) is a specialist court for employment disputes. It mainly deals with issues arising under the Employment Relations Act 2000. The Employment Court is a court of record and has equal standing to the High Court of New Zealand.

History

The Court of Arbitration was a specialist employment court in New Zealand that dealt with industrial relations disputes from 1894 to 1973.

The

wages.^[1] The court comprised a Supreme Court Judge, a union representative

, and an employers' representative.

These elements continued through a number of successive acts until repeal in 1973.

The Employment Contracts Act 1991 established the Employment Court to deal with employment disputes.[2]^: 233

Chief judge

The following is a list of the chief judges of the Employment Court since it was established in 1991.

	Name	Term of office	Sources
1	Thomas Goddard	15 May 1991 – 19 May 2005	^[3]
2	Graeme Colgan	20 May 2005 – 9 July 2017	^[3]
3	Christina Inglis	10 July 2017 – present	^[4]

Case law

Manu v Steelink Contracting Services Ltd (1998) WEC2/98

References

^ http://www.justice.govt.nz/employment/role/default.asp#ec13 Archived 2008-10-14 at the Wayback Machine Role & Structure of the NZ Employment Court
^ Employment Contracts Act 1991, s 103.
^ ^a ^b "New chief Employment Court judge". New Zealand Government. 11 March 2005. Retrieved 1 December 2022.
^ "New chief Employment Court judge appointed". New Zealand Government. 1 June 2017. Retrieved 1 December 2022.

[1] ttp://www.justice.govt.nz/employment/role/default.asp#ec13 Archived 2008-10-14 at the Wayback Machine Role & Structure of the NZ Employment Court

[2] Employment Contracts Act 1991, s 103.

[Appt_2005-3] "New chief Employment Court judge". New Zealand Government. 11 March 2005. Retrieved 1 December 2022.

[4] "New chief Employment Court judge appointed". New Zealand Government. 1 June 2017. Retrieved 1 December 2022.

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