New Zealand Acts

PARENTAL LEAVE AND EMPLOYMENT PROTECTION ACT 1987 - SECT 71ZB

71ZB Review of department's decisions about parental leave payment

1 An employee or a self-employed person may apply to the Employment Relations Authority for a review of a decision made by the department relating to—

a) the person's entitlement to a parental leave payment:

b) whether a parental leave payment may be transferred to the person under section 71E :

c) the amount of parental leave payment made to the person:

d) the deduction or recovery of overpayments by the department under section 71X .

2 An application for review must be made within 12 months after the date on which the decision is notified to the employee or self-employed person.

3 The Authority may confirm, modify, or reverse the decision of the department.

4 An application for review under this section may be made in respect of a decision described in subsection (1) that is notified to the person after the commencement of this section.

History: Section 71ZB: inserted, on 1 July 2006, by section 43 of the Parental Leave and Employment Protection (Paid Parental Leave for Self-Employed Persons) Amendment Act 2006 (2006 No 20).   Section 71ZB(4): amended, on 1 April 2016, by section 76 of the Parental Leave and Employment Protection Amendment Act 2016 (2016 No 8).