New Zealand Acts

PARENTAL LEAVE AND EMPLOYMENT PROTECTION ACT 1987 - SECT 71EA

71EA Effect of transfer of entitlement to spouse or partner

To the extent that an employee or a self-employed person transfers all or part of his or her entitlement to a parental leave payment to his or her spouse or partner under section 71E ,—

a) references in this Part to the employee's or self-employed person's entitlement to a parental leave payment are references to the spouse's or partner's entitlement to a parental leave payment; and

b) references in this Part to the period of parental leave are references to the period of parental leave taken by the spouse or partner; and

c) the amount of the parental leave payment is calculated according to the earnings of the spouse or partner; and

d) the entitlement that is transferred is deducted from the transferring employee's or self-employed person's entitlement to a parental leave payment.

History: Section 71EA: inserted, on 1 July 2006, by section 26 of the Parental Leave and Employment Protection (Paid Parental Leave for Self-Employed Persons) Amendment Act 2006 (2006 No 20).