New Zealand Acts

PARENTAL LEAVE AND EMPLOYMENT PROTECTION ACT 1987 - SECT 30C

30C Requirements relating to request

A request for negotiated carer leave must be in writing and must—

a) state—

i) the employee's name; and

ii) the date on which the request is made; and

iii) that the request is made under this Part; and

b) specify the proposed date on which the employee wishes to begin negotiated carer leave and the proposed duration of the leave; and

c) include a statement that the employee—

i) will be the primary carer in respect of the child during the specified period; and

ii) will, if the request for a period of negotiated carer leave is approved, be entitled to receive parental leave payments under the Act for that period; and

d) explain, in the employee's view, what changes, if any, the employer may need to make to the employer's arrangements if the employee's request is approved.

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