New Zealand Acts

PARENTAL LEAVE AND EMPLOYMENT PROTECTION ACT 1987 - SECT 30H

30H Labour Inspectors and mediation

1 This section applies if an employee believes that his or her employer has not complied with section 30D .

2 The employee may refer the non-compliance with section 30D —

a) directly to mediation; or

b) to a Labour Inspector, who must, to the extent practicable in the circumstances, assist the employee and employer to resolve the matter.

3 If, after completion of the process under subsection (2)(b), the employee is dissatisfied with the result, the employee may refer the matter to mediation.

4 For the purposes of subsection (3), non-compliance with section 30D is an employment relationship problem.

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