Services

We provide our mostly SME members with professional support, advice and learning covering Employment Relations, Human Resources and other areas essential to business

  • Legal Get help with employment issues.
  • AdviceLine Our AdviceLine is open Monday to Friday.
  • Advocacy Representing you on the issues that matter.
  • ER & OHS Consultants Customised employment relations solutions.
  • Resources We have facilities, forums and a host of other resources for you and your business.
  • ExportNZ Advocating on behalf on New Zealand exporters.
  • Manufacturing Our network of competitive New Zealand manufacturers.
  • Chinese Business Centre A co-working and networking space for our Chinese businesses.
  • Facilities Our locations are perfect for training and conferences.
  • Legal Our lawyers represent employers only. We have a highly efficient and effective service representing you on the full remit of employment issues. Read more
  • AdviceLine Our team of well-trained employer advisors have a mixture of legal and business backgrounds, so they understand your issues and can direct you to the right legal requirements and best practice to protect yourself and your company when managing tricky ER issues. Read more
  • Advocacy We represent our members at the highest levels of government to create a better business environment. Read more
  • ER and OHS Consultants Our team of highly experienced ER and OHS consultants are here to help you. Read more
  • Resources We have a wide range of resources for our members. You can access our Advocacy forums, subscribe to our newsletters to keep up to speed with emerging business issues and use our guides and templates for employment relations. Read more
  • ExportNZ Connect with exporters, new markets and experienced operators and help your business grow globally. Read more
  • Manufacturing We work closely with you on employment related activity, as well as other key issues such as innovation and R&D, training and skills development, energy, developing New Zealand Standards, terms of trade, and opening new markets. Read more
  • Chinese Business Centre The Chinese Busines Centre is a space for our Chinese businesses to co-work and make new connections. This is also available for members of ExportNZ. Read more
  • Facilities Check out details and maps of the venues we use regularly to hold EMA training courses, conferences, workshops and breakfast/lunch seminars. Read more
  • Member Rewards Our Member Rewards Programme offers exclusive member discounts, services and offers from our strategic partners. Read more
  • Payroll EMA members now have access to NZPPA advice, practice guides, courses, audits and consultancy at special rates. Read more
  • Collective Bargaining The EMA has a longstanding tradition of representing employers in collective bargaining and union matters. Read more
  • Workplace Investigations Workplace investigations can be complicated, time consuming and subject to challenge. Read more
"The team at AdviceLine are extremely helpful whenever we call them." 
"They have excellent up-to-date knowledge of both employment and related law. If they need to confer with senior personnel on a particular point or issue they are able to do so quickly and efficiently. We have been using this service for over ten years now and never had anything but great service."

 Jim Thompson, Hydraulink Fluid Connectors Ltd - HR & Organisational Development Manager. 

In 2019 our AdviceLine managed 29,863 calls,with 93% answered within 15 seconds.

2019 Annual Report

The EMA Network

Through our wider network, the EMA has national representation.