New Zealand Acts

PARENTAL LEAVE AND EMPLOYMENT PROTECTION ACT 1987 - SECT 14

14 Right of employer to appoint date of commencement of primary carer leave

Where, by reason of pregnancy, a female employee is unable to perform her work to the safety of herself or others or is incapable of performing her work adequately, her employer, if no other suitable work is available, may, subject to section 9(2) , direct her to commence her primary carer leave on such date as the employer appoints (including a date that is earlier, by more than 6 weeks, than the expected date of delivery).

Note: 1980 No 162 s 13

History: Section 14 heading: amended, on 1 April 2016, by section 23(1) of the Parental Leave and Employment Protection Amendment Act 2016 (2016 No 8).   Section 14: amended, on 1 April 2016, by section 23(2) of the Parental Leave and Employment Protection Amendment Act 2016 (2016 No 8).