New Zealand Acts

PARENTAL LEAVE AND EMPLOYMENT PROTECTION ACT 1987 - SECT 37

37 Requirement where employee wishes to begin primary carer leave early

1 This section applies to an employee who—

a) has given notice that the employee wishes to take parental leave under this Act; and

b) intends to exercise the option conferred by section 11 by beginning his or her primary carer leave early.

2 The employee must give his or her employer not less than 21 days’ notice in writing of the day on which the employee wishes his or her primary carer leave to begin.

Note: 1980 No 162 s 10(2)

History: Section 37: replaced, on 1 April 2016, by section 38 of the Parental Leave and Employment Protection Amendment Act 2016 (2016 No 8).