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Parental Leave and Employment Protection Act 1987

Interpretation

2A: Multiple employments generally

You could also call this:

“When you have more than one job, parental leave is decided for each job separately”

If you have more than one job, your rights and benefits for parental leave are worked out separately for each job. This means that for each job you have, the rules about parental leave are applied as if it were your only job. Your employer will look at each of your jobs on its own when deciding what parental leave you can get.

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2AMultiple employments generally

  1. An employee's entitlement to rights and benefits in respect of parental leave must be determined by treating each of the employee's employments separately, if the employee has more than 1 employment.

Notes
  • Section 2A: inserted, on , by section 8(1) of the Parental Leave and Employment Protection (Paid Parental Leave) Amendment Act 2002 (2002 No 7).
  • Section 2A heading: amended, on , by section 46 of the Parental Leave and Employment Protection (Paid Parental Leave for Self-Employed Persons) Amendment Act 2006 (2006 No 20).
  • Section 2A heading: amended, on , by section 7 of the Parental Leave and Employment Protection Amendment Act 2004 (2004 No 89).
  • Section 2A: amended, on , by section 7 of the Parental Leave and Employment Protection Amendment Act 2016 (2016 No 8).