New Zealand Acts

PARENTAL LEAVE AND EMPLOYMENT PROTECTION ACT 1987 - SECT 30A

30A Object of this Part

The object of this Part is to—

a) provide for certain employees who are not entitled to primary carer leave to request a period of leave from their employment to enable them to receive parental leave payments; and

b) require an employer to deal with a request as soon as possible, but not later than 1 month after receiving it; and

c) provide that an employer may refuse a request only if it cannot be accommodated on certain grounds.

History: Section 30A: inserted, on 1 April 2016, by section 34 of the Parental Leave and Employment Protection Amendment Act 2016 (2016 No 8).