New Zealand Legislation: Acts

81 Meaning of strike

• (1) In this Act, strike means an act that—

  • (a) is the act of a number of employees who are or have been in the employment of the same employer or of different employers—

    • (i) in discontinuing that employment, whether wholly or partially, or in reducing the normal performance of it; or

    • (ii) in refusing or failing after any such discontinuance to resume or return to their employment; or

    • (iii) in breaking their employment agreements; or

    • (iv) in refusing or failing to accept engagement for work in which they are usually employed; or

    • (v) in reducing their normal output or their normal rate of work; and

  • (b) is due to a combination, agreement, common understanding, or concerted action, whether express or implied, made or entered into by the employees.

  (2) In this Act, strike does not include an employees' meeting authorised—

  • (a) by an employer; or

  • (b) by an employment agreement; or

  • (c) by this Act.

  (3) In this Act, to strike means to become a party to a strike.

  Compare: 1991 No 22 s 61