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Employment law updates 2025

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Employment law updates 2025

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2025 is shaping up to be a big one for employment law in NZ. Intentionally underpaying employees is now classified as wage theft, the minimum wage increased, and employers can now make pay deductions on partial strikes. 

There’s also a lot of proposals currently being circulated in parliament that could have a significant impact on New Zealand employers.

In this factsheet, we’ll be covering:

  • Pay deductions on partial strikes
  • Wage theft
  • The minimum wage increase
  • Changes to the Accredited Employer Work Visa
  • Pay disclosure legislation
  • Personal grievance claim threshold
  • Contractor ‘gateway test’
  • Proposed reforms to health and safety law
  • Big Kiwisaver changes in 2026

Understand your employer obligations with our 2025 Employment Law updates, so you can boost your compliance confidence and get back to focusing on growing your business. 

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