New Zealand Acts

PARENTAL LEAVE AND EMPLOYMENT PROTECTION ACT 1987 - SECT 35

35 Failure to notify employer

1 Subject to section 68 , where an employee fails to give notice under section 31(1) within the time required by section 31(3) or section 33 , that employee shall not be entitled to take extended leave under this Act unless—

a) that employee gives a written notice under section 31(1) to his or her employer and a period of 3 months beginning with the date of the giving of that notice has expired; or

b) the employer of that employee agrees that the employee may take extended leave under this Act.

2 Nothing in subsection (1) shall apply to an employee who gives an incomplete notice to that employee's employer within the time required by section 31(3) or section 33 .