Section 143 — Employment Relations Act 2000: Object of this Part

143 Object of this Part The object of this Part is to establish procedures and institutions that— (a) support successful employment relationships and the good faith obligations that underpin them; and (b) recognise that employment relationships are more likely to be successful if problems in those relationships are resolved promptly by the parties themselves; and (c) recognise that, if problems in employment relationships are to be resolved promptly, expert problem-solving support, information, and assistance needs to be available at short notice to the parties to those relationships; and (d) recognise that the procedures for problem-solving need to be flexible; and (da) recognise that the person who provides mediation services can manage any mediation process actively; and (e) recognise that there will always be some cases that require judicial intervention; and (f) recognise that judicial intervention at the lowest level needs to be that of a specialist decision-making body that is not inhibited by strict procedural requirements; and (fa) ensure that investigations by the specialist decision-making body are, generally, concluded before any higher court exercises its jurisdiction in relation to the investigations; and (g) recognise that difficult issues of law will need to be determined by higher courts. Paragraph (da) was inserted, as from 1 December 2004, by section 47(1) Employment Relations Amendment Act (No 2) 2004 (2004 No 86). See section 73 of that Act for the transitional provisions. Paragraph (fa) was inserted, as from 1 December 2004, by section 47(2) Employment Relations Amendment Act (No 2) 2004 (2004 No 86). See section 73 of that Act for the transitional provisions.