New Zealand Acts

PARENTAL LEAVE AND EMPLOYMENT PROTECTION ACT 1987 - SECT 5

5 Restriction on parental leave under this Act where employee or employee's spouse or partner takes parental leave under any other provision

Nothing in this Act shall entitle an employee otherwise entitled to any period of parental leave under this Act to take a period of parental leave under this Act which, when aggregated with any rights and benefits in the nature of parental leave taken or proposed to be taken by that employee's spouse or partner under any Act other than this Act or under any employment agreement, would exceed the total period of parental leave to which that employee and that employee's spouse or partner would be entitled by virtue of this Act if the provisions of this Act regarding primary carer leave, partner’s leave, and extended leave were to apply to both that employee and that employee's spouse or partner.

History: Section 5 heading: amended, on 26 April 2005, by section 8 of the Parental Leave and Employment Protection Amendment Act 2005 (2005 No 18).   Section 5: amended, on 1 April 2016, by section 14 of the Parental Leave and Employment Protection Amendment Act 2016 (2016 No 8).     Section 5: amended, on 26 April 2005, by section 8 of the Parental Leave and Employment Protection Amendment Act 2005 (2005 No 18).     Section 5: amended, on 1 July 2002, by section 22 of the Parental Leave and Employment Protection (Paid Parental Leave) Amendment Act 2002 (2002 No 7).     Section 5: amended, on 15 May 1991, by section 3 of the Parental Leave and Employment Protection Amendment Act 1991 (1991 No 28).