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Parental Leave and Employment Protection Act 1987

Remedies available to employees

65: Remedies

You could also call this:

“What happens if your employer breaks the rules about parental leave”

If your employer breaks any of the rules in this Act, or if a decision is made about this Act, there are things that can be done to help you. If it’s found that your employer did break the rules, one or more of these things might happen:

You might get your old job back, or a job that’s just as good.

You might get some or all of the money you would have earned if you hadn’t lost your job.

Your employer might have to pay you some extra money to make up for what happened.

These are ways to make things right if your employer doesn’t follow the rules about parental leave and employment protection.

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Part 7 Remedies available to employees

65Remedies

  1. In the case of any alleged breach of any of the provisions of this Act, any decision made for the purposes of this Act may, if it includes a finding that any of the provisions of this Act have been breached by the employer, provide for any 1 or more of the following:

  2. the reinstatement of the employee in the employee's former position or in a position not less advantageous to the employee:
    1. the reimbursement to the employee of a sum equal to the whole or any part of any wages lost by the employee:
      1. the payment to the employee of compensation by the employer.

        Compare
        • 1980 No 162 s 42
        Notes
        • Section 65: amended, on , by section 16 of the Parental Leave and Employment Protection (Paid Parental Leave) Amendment Act 2002 (2002 No 7).