Giving notice when you resign
How much notice you need to give, how to give it, and when your last pay is due.
Employment Act
Guides for life events
What the law says when something happens to you, in plain English, with every section it relies on linked.
12 guides · Each checked against the official text
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Unpaid rent: what a landlord can and cannot do
How a landlord recovers unpaid rent through the court, what cannot be seized, and what a lodger or under-tenant can do.
Distress Act
A deal gone wrong: misleading claims and broken contracts
When you can set a contract aside, what you can claim when the other side breaks it, and your rights as a consumer.
Contracts Act, Consumer Protection (Fair Trading) Act
Starting a business
Registering your business name, forming a company, and the directors a company needs.
Business Names Act, Companies Act
If you were dismissed unfairly
Dismissal for misconduct, asking the Minister to reinstate you, and complaining to the Commissioner.
Employment Act
If your salary is late
When your salary is due, what your employer can deduct, and how to complain to the Commissioner.
Employment Act
Hours, overtime and rest days
The daily and weekly limits on your hours, overtime pay, rest days and shift work.
Employment Act
Annual leave, sick leave and public holidays
How much paid leave you get, when you have to take it, and maternity leave.
Employment Act
Hurt at work
Who can claim compensation for an accident at work, the time limits, and what your employer has to do.
Workmen's Compensation Act
Borrowing from a moneylender
Who can lend money at interest as a business, and the records every loan needs.
Moneylenders Act
Getting back money you are owed
What a small claims tribunal can hear, the limits, what it can order, and the time limit for contract claims in the courts.
Small Claims Tribunals Act, Limitation Act
Faulty goods
What the law implies about the goods you buy, and what you can claim when they fall short.
Sale of Goods Act, Small Claims Tribunals Act
