New Zealand Acts

PARENTAL LEAVE AND EMPLOYMENT PROTECTION ACT 1987 - SECT 71E

71E Entitlement may be transferred to spouse or partner

1 An eligible employee or an eligible self-employed person (the
"transferor" ) may transfer all or part of his or her entitlement to a parental leave payment in respect of a child to his or her spouse or partner if subsection (2) applies to the spouse or partner.

2 This subsection applies if the spouse or partner is a person who—

a) has or intends to have primary responsibility for the day-to-day care of the child; and

b) meets the parental leave payment threshold test; and

c) stops working as an employee or a self-employed person, including by taking a period of parental leave, for the period in relation to which the entitlements are transferred.

History: Section 71E: replaced, on 1 April 2016, by section 59 of the Parental Leave and Employment Protection Amendment Act 2016 (2016 No 8).