New Zealand Acts

PARENTAL LEAVE AND EMPLOYMENT PROTECTION ACT 1987 - SECT 29

29 Extended leave may be taken consecutively or concurrently with leave taken by partner

Subject to the provisions of this Act, if an employee takes a period of extended leave in accordance with section 28 , the period of leave so taken may be taken—

a) consecutively with any period of primary carer leave or partner’s leave taken by the employee; and

b) consecutively or concurrently with any period of primary carer leave, partner’s leave, or extended leave taken by the employee’s spouse or partner, or with any period for which the employee’s spouse or partner receives a parental leave payment, as the case may be.

History: Section 29: replaced, on 1 April 2016, by section 33 of the Parental Leave and Employment Protection Amendment Act 2016 (2016 No 8).