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Essential information about the workplace.

Workplace

Department of Labour - Employment relations: holidays, parental leave, pay, good faith, unions and more.

Unions

Right now the big issue is around Youth Rates - the following sites will fill you in on the issues:

Health

Occupational Health and Safety have a great web site for teens: A Teenager's Guide to the Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992.

What if I get sick?

Generally you will get a certain amount of sick leave depending on the terms of your employment. The entitlement is specified in Holidays Act 2003.

What happens if I get hurt and can't work?

Accident Compensation Corporation will cover many accidents both at work and at home. Find our more from their web site.

Taxes

If you receive income, such as from a salary, wages, rent, business or benefit you will be required to pay income tax.

Start at this new site from the Inland Revenue Department - What's Tax.

Or get more information from the main IRD web site:

Once you start earning over a certain amount you may also have to start paying back any student loan you may have. Inland Revenue administers the repayment of student loans.

Financial planning

At some point you need to consider saving for more long-term goals than that new MP3 player or whatever. You may want to go overseas, buy a car or even a house and way in the future you'll want to retire some day and have enough money to live comfortably on. A good place to start learning about these is Sorted or go and talk to your bank.

Insurance

Another thing you'll need to think about is insurance: if you rely on your car to get to work what will you do if it gets stolen? What will happen if you are held responsible for damage to someone else's vehicle or property - do you have enough cash to cover it? You can get insurance cover for practically anything these days. See our list of New Zealand insurance companies or again talk to your bank.