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Parental Leave and Employment Protection Act 1987

Payment for parental leave - Administration

71T: Obligation of employer to notify employee of payment entitlements

You could also call this:

“Your boss must tell you about your parental leave benefits”

When you tell your employer that you want to take parental leave, your employer has to do something important. They need to give you information about your rights and what you can get when you take parental leave. They have to do this within 21 days after you tell them you want to take leave. Your employer will give you this information in a special form that comes from the government department. This form will explain all the important things you need to know about parental leave.

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Part 7A Payment for parental leave
Administration

71TObligation of employer to notify employee of payment entitlements

  1. Every employer who receives a notice of an employee's wish to take parental leave must, within 21 days after the receipt of the notice, inform the employee of the substance of this Part by giving the employee a notice in a form prescribed by the department.

Notes
  • Section 71T: inserted, on , by section 4(2) of the Parental Leave and Employment Protection (Paid Parental Leave) Amendment Act 2002 (2002 No 7).