Under the Employment Relations Act 1999, section
10 workers have the right to be accompanied at a disciplinary or grievance
hearing by a companion of their choice from the following list.
| The companion |
Notes |
| A full-time trade union official |
There is no necessity for the employer to recognise the union in question |
| A lay trade union official |
The lay official must be reasonably certified by the union in writing as having experience of, or having received training in, acting as a worker's companion at such hearings |
| Another of the employer's workers |
The employer has no control over which of its other workers would be a suitable companion, although no worker is obliged to act as a companion if he or she does not wish to do so |
| The companion |
Notes |
| A full-time trade union official |
There is no necessity for the employer to recognise the union in question |
| A lay trade union official |
The lay official must be reasonably certified by the union in writing as having experience of, or having received training in, acting as a worker's companion at such hearings |
| Another of the employer's workers |
The employer has no control over which of its other workers would be a suitable companion, although no worker is obliged to act as a companion if he or she does not wish to do so |
Related quick reference items
Right to be accompanied at disciplinary and
grievance hearings - meaning of disciplinary and grievance hearings
Right to be accompanied at disciplinary and grievance hearings - the role of the companion |
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