BE2.10 Compliance with employment and immigration law

1. Businesses relocated to New Zealand must comply with all relevant employment and immigration law in force in New Zealand. Compliance with relevant New Zealand employment and immigration law includes but is not limited to:
   1. paying employees no less than the appropriate minimum wage rate or other contracted industry standard; and
   2. meeting holiday and special leave requirements or other minimum statutory criteria, e.g. occupational safety and health obligations; and
   3. only employing people who have authority to undertake that work under the Immigration Act 2009.
2. Businesses relocated to New Zealand are considered to not be compliant with employment law if they fail to meet the requirements set out at R5.110, or they are included on a list of non-compliant employers maintained by the Labour Inspectorate (see Appendix 10).

Effective 01/04/2017