New Zealand Acts

PARENTAL LEAVE AND EMPLOYMENT PROTECTION ACT 1987 - SECT 54

54 Dismissal for cause not affected

Nothing in this Act shall affect any right of an employer to dismiss an employee for a substantial reason not related to—

a) the pregnancy of the employee or the pregnancy of the employee's spouse or partner; or

b) the employee or the employee’s spouse or partner becoming the primary carer in respect of a child; or

c) the employee's rights under this Act.

Note: 1980 No 162 s 32

History: Section 54(a): substituted, on 26 April 2005, by section 4 of the Parental Leave and Employment Protection Amendment Act 2005 (2005 No 18).   Section 54(b): replaced, on 1 April 2016, by section 43 of the Parental Leave and Employment Protection Amendment Act 2016 (2016 No 8).