This Easy Read document is about how to use 

information that the Ministry of Social Development / MSD has about you

is a service from MSD that you can use on a computer, tablet, or mobile phone.



The document tells you about things like:

People can use MyMSD on the internet to easily and quickly access help and provide information to MSD 

Keep in touch with MyMSD

This Easy Read document is about the Employment Support Service Practice Guidelines 2018.


how to support disabled people in New Zealand to find and keep paid jobs


the things that employment support services should do


making sure disabled people get the support they need to do well at work


building good relationships with employers.

This is about how Employment Support services can support disabled people to get into paid work. 

Employment Support Service Practice Guidelines

The Easy Read Individual Employment Agreement template has all the legal requirements of a standard full agreement

An individual employment agreement is what you agree to when you start a new job.

The Individual Employment Agreement template can be filled in and signed by both the employer and employee.

For guidance on how to fill in this agreement, you can refer to the 

Easy Read guide to the Individual Employment Agreement 

A note to employers and people filling in the agreement template.

You can change the employment agreement document to work for your situation by taking out anything in the agreement that does not apply

If you want to change the agreement, it is better to use the Word version of the agreement. A fillable PDF will be avaliable for use later.

changing the agreement makes the document shorter and easy to understand for the employee

You will need to realign any images that move

You can add your organisation’s logo to the top left of the cover page

If you add wording into the document, use plain language – everyday words that the employee will know, do not use jargon.

Once complete you can save as a PDF version.

Easy Read template of an Individual Employment Agreement for when you start work. It can be done by you / your employer


Easy Read Individual Employment Agreement

The guide can be used by employers and employees when filling in the 

Easy Read Individual Employment Agreement.

The guide provides information in Easy Read about:

what is an Individual Employment Agreement

how to fill in the Easy Read Individual Employment Agreement template

the different types of work such as full-time and part time work

what should be in an employment agreement

what support is available when filling in an agreement.

Employers can provide the employee with the guide as resource to go with their Individual Employment Agreement. This is so the employee can refer to it and understand the things they need to know about their Easy Read Individual Employment Agreement.

This is a guide to use with the Easy Read Individual Employment Agreement. 


Easy Read guide to the Individual Employment Agreement

This Easy Read document is about how to apply for the Job Support Fund and Training Support Fund.

This document will tell you about things like:

what the funds can and cannot be used for.

This is about how to apply for money from MSD to support you to:
- get into work
- stay in work. 

Work and jobs

Keep in touch with MyMSD

Employment Support Service Practice Guidelines

Easy Read Individual Employment Agreement

Easy Read guide to the Individual Employment Agreement

How to apply for the Job Support Fund and Training Support Fund