New Zealand Acts

PARENTAL LEAVE AND EMPLOYMENT PROTECTION ACT 1987 - SECT 71P

71P Amount of payment not affected by other non-statutory entitlements

1 An entitlement to a parental leave payment under this Part is not affected or reduced by any other entitlement that an employee may have under the terms of any employment agreement.

2 An employer must not, without the agreement of the employee, reduce any other entitlement that the employee may have under the terms of any employment agreement because of the employee's entitlement to a payment under this Part.

3 An employer who fails to comply with this section is liable to a penalty imposed by the Employment Relations Authority under the Employment Relations Act 2000 in respect of each employee to whom the purported reduction applies.

4 Sections 133 to 136 of the Employment Relations Act 2000 apply with necessary modifications.

History: Section 71P: inserted, on 1 July 2002, by section 4(2) of the Parental Leave and Employment Protection (Paid Parental Leave) Amendment Act 2002 (2002 No 7).   Section 71P(1): amended, on 1 April 2016, by section 72 of the Parental Leave and Employment Protection Amendment Act 2016 (2016 No 8).