(a) to build productive employment relationships through the promotion of mutual trust and confidence in all aspects of the employment environment and of the employment relationship

(i) by recognising that employment relationships must be built on good faith behaviour; and

(ii) by acknowledging and addressing the inherent inequality of bargaining power in employment relationships; and

(iii) by promoting collective bargaining; and

(iv) by protecting the integrity of individual choice; and

(v) by promoting mediation as the primary problem-solving mechanism; and

(vi) by reducing the need for judicial intervention; and

(b) to promote observance in New Zealand of the principles underlying International Labour Organisation Convention 87 on Freedom of Association, and Convention 98 on the Right to Organise and Bargain Collectively.

(a) must deal with each other in good faith; and

(b) without limiting paragraph (a), must not, whether directly or indirectly, do anything

(i) to mislead or deceive each other; or

(ii) that is likely to mislead or deceive each other.

(a) an employer and an employee employed by the employer:

(b) a union and an employer:

(c) a union and a member of the union:

(d) a union and another union that are parties bargaining for the same collective agreement:

(e) a union and another union that are parties to the same collective agreement:

(f) a union and a member of another union where both unions are bargaining for the same collective agreement:

(g) a union and a member of another union where both unions are parties to the same collective agreement:

(h) an employer and another employer where both employers are bargaining for the same collective agreement.

(a) bargaining for a collective agreement or for a variation of a collective agreement, including matters relating to the initiation of the bargaining:

(b) any matter arising under or in relation to a collective agreement while the agreement is in force:

(c) consultation (whether or not under a collective agreement) between an employer and its employees, including any union representing the employees, about the employees' collective employment interests, including the effect on employees of changes to the employer's business:

(d) a proposal by an employer that might impact on the employer's employees, including a proposal to contract out work otherwise done by the employees or to sell or transfer all or part of the employer's business:

(e) making employees redundant:

(f) access to a workplace by a representative of a union:

(g) communications or contacts between a union and an employer relating to any secret ballots held for the purposes of bargaining for a collective agreement.