Human Rights and Privacy Law Made Easy 2017 (eBook)

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Conveys the practical essentials of human rights law for employers and managers. A practical resource written in plain English for every organisation.

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Failure to comply with human rights and privacy law can have adverse consequences for employers. It is the responsibility of employers to set policies that do not have a discriminatory effect and to ensure that employees are informed of the policies.

Human Rights and Privacy Law Made Easy provides the practical essentials of human rights and privacy law relevant to the daily operations of businesses and organisations in New Zealand. Its primary function is to alert businesses and their employees to issues they may come across in the course of their work.

This plain English guide covers everything from discrimination and sexual and racial harassment to victimisation and smoking in the workplace. Key human rights legislation is summarised, highlighting the rights and obligations of both employers and employees.

Human Rights and Privacy Law Made Easy also addresses the right to privacy, a fundamental human right that is becoming increasingly important in the face of technological advances. Almost every person, organisation or business that holds personal information must comply with privacy legislation.

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Featured Authors

Frances Joychild
Jillian Stewart

Frances Joychild

Frances Joychild QC is a barrister practising in Auckland. She was made a Queen’s Counsel in 2013. Frances spent 16 years at the Human Rights Commission investigating, advising and mediating complaints of discrimination and later appeared in the courts on a wide range of human rights cases. She has been a barrister in sole practice for the last 19 years with a 3-year break in that time as a Law Commissioner.

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Jillian Stewart

Jillian Stewart (LLB) was formerly a solicitor with Chapman Tripp, a senior executive at TVNZ and a business law lecturer at AUT University. Jillian is an experienced compny director and co-founder of MyLawGuide and Dacreed.

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Table of contents

Summary of rights and freedoms

 Human Rights Act 1993

 Right to freedom from discrimination

 Prohibited grounds of discrimination

 Pre-requisites for discrimination

 Discrimination in employment

 Discrimination in provision of goods and services

 Racial disharmony

 Sexual harassment

 Racial harassment

 Clients and customers – employer liability

 Victimisation

 Advertisements

 Unlawful discrimination – employer liability

 Measures to ensure equality

 Measures relating to pregnancy, childbirth and family

 Remedies for breach

 Inciting racial disharmony 

 Licences may be cancelled

 Harassment Act 1997

 Meaning of harassment

 Criminal harassment

 Health and Safety at Work Act 2015

 Meaning of health

 Bullying

 Protected Disclosures Act 2000

 Privacy Act 1993

 Information privacy principles

 Privacy officer

 Information sharing

 Privacy Commissioner

 Liability of employer

 Smoke-free Environments Act 1990

 Smoking in workplaces and vehicles

 Complaints

 Offences
 

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