# Rights and responsibilities Official source: https://www.employment.govt.nz/starting-employment/rights-and-responsibilities Scanned: 2026-06-07T03:31:31.402Z Use this as a current official guidance reference, not as a substitute for legal advice. ## Page Text Home Starting employment Rights and responsibilities Starting employment Rights and responsibilities Employers and employees (including 'casuals') have important rights and responsibilities towards to each other, including young employees, and where employees work alone or work more than one job. Starting employment Rights and responsibilities Employee rights and responsibilities Minimum rights of employees - language translations Employer rights and responsibilities Good faith Fair process Good reason Record-keeping Types of worker Hiring Employment agreements Employee rights and responsibilities Learn about your rights and responsibilities in the workplace. Minimum rights of employees - language translations Information on your employment rights and responsibilities is available in a range of languages. Employer rights and responsibilities Learn about your rights as an employer and the minimum employment rights you must give your employees. Good faith Employees, employers, unions and parties to an employment relationship must deal with each other in ‘good faith’. Learn about how to meet the good faith obligations. Fair process When taking any action against an employee, an employer must follow a fair process. Good reason Before taking any action against an employee, employers must have a genuine and valid reason. Record-keeping Employers must keep complete and accurate records of wages, time, leave and other details. Read about what you need to do to comply with the rules around records.