New Zealand Acts

PARENTAL LEAVE AND EMPLOYMENT PROTECTION ACT 1987 - SECT 30E

30E Grounds for refusal of request by employer

1 An employer may refuse a request for negotiated carer leave only if the employer determines that the request cannot be accommodated on 1 or more of the grounds specified in subsection (2).

2 The grounds are—

a) inability to reorganise work among existing staff:

b) inability to recruit additional staff:

c) detrimental impact on quality:

d) detrimental impact on performance:

e) planned structural changes:

f) burden of additional costs:

g) detrimental effect on ability to meet customer demand.

Note: 2000 No 24 s 69AAF(2)

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