Employment Relations Authority (ERA) + Mediation

Disputes arising from an employment contract can be resolved through Mediation or a Hearing at the Employment Relations Authority. We can provide you with legal representation at all steps of the process.

If you take a dispute about your employment agreement to the Employment Relations Authority, it can:

• order your employer to pay you money under the terms of the employment agreement.

• make a compliance order requiring your employer to perform some duty under the agreement or to comply with some statutory requirement

• order your employer to pay a penalty for breaching the employment agreement – for an individual the maximum penalty is $10,000 and for a company or other corporate body it's $20,000. The money is paid into the Crown's Bank Account, unless the Authority orders it to be paid to you.

• order your employer to pay you damages (an amount of money) for a breach of the agreement.