New Zealand Personal Grievance Notice (Employment Relations Act 2000)
First-person self-help letter to raise a personal grievance with your employer under the Employment Relations Act 2000 (s 103 grounds; s 114 time limit). Raising the grievance in writing within 90 days (12 months for sexual harassment) is the step that protects your rights. Proposes free Employment NZ mediation. This letter RAISES the grievance — it does not represent you. You complete and send it yourself.
Statute of Limitations Warning
Legal deadlines apply to your claim. You lose your right to act if you wait too long. Send notice as soon as possible.
Why this letter works:
- Cites the exact law: Automatically applies the correct state and federal statutes to your situation.
- Sets a firm deadline: Legally compels a response within the required statutory timeframe.
- Creates a paper trail: Designed to serve as Exhibit A if you need to escalate to an agency or court.
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Your Action Plan
This is the final formal demand before litigation.
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Your letter includes a firm deadline. Do not engage in informal text messages during this time.
If they miss the deadline, you have completed the required out-of-court steps. Hand this complete paper trail to a local attorney for litigation.
Your personal grievance
A personal grievance must be RAISED with your employer within 90 days of the action you are complaining about (or of it coming to your notice) — 12 months for a sexual-harassment grievance. Sending this letter in time is what protects your rights. Do not delay.
This letter will cite
Employment Relations Act 2000 — s 103 (grounds of a personal grievance); s 114 (raise within 90 days; 12 months for sexual harassment; out-of-time needs the employer's consent or the Authority's leave for exceptional circumstances).
Free mediation is available through Employment NZ (employment.govt.nz). This letter raises the grievance — it does not represent you in any proceeding.
Your 90-day window (12 months for sexual harassment) runs from this date.
Set out the facts plainly — what was done, when, by whom, and why you say it was unjustified.
e.g. reinstatement, compensation, an apology, a correction — and that you are open to mediation.
Before you start
What exactly do I get, and when?
A personalized PDF letter, written around the statute that applies to your situation, with the deadline and the consequence spelled out. It downloads the moment payment confirms, back here on commoner-law.com — there is no waiting period and no account to create.
How much is it?
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Is this legal advice?
Self-help template; not legal advice and we are not a law firm. The 90-day deadline (12 months for sexual harassment) is strict — raising the grievance late requires the employer's consent or the Authority's leave for exceptional circumstances. Send it without delay.
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Do I have to pay to know if I have a case?
No. The rights encyclopedia on this site is free and cites the same primary sources the letter does. Read the relevant guide first — plenty of situations are resolved by a phone call to a free statutory body, and where one exists we say so.