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Parental Leave and Employment Protection Act 1987

Payment for parental leave - Administration

71U: Obligation to notify early return to work, etc

You could also call this:

“Tell the government if you go back to work early while getting parental leave money”

If you are getting parental leave payments, you need to tell the government department if you go back to work before your parental leave ends. This includes if you start working for someone else or if you start working for yourself.

You have to tell them in a specific way that the rules say. You’ll need to give them certain information and papers, which the rules also say you must provide.

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Part 7A Payment for parental leave
Administration

71UObligation to notify early return to work, etc

  1. A person must give notice to the department if, during the period for which the person is receiving a parental leave payment under this Part, the person returns to work as an employee or as a self-employed person.

  2. Repealed

  3. The notification must be made in the manner prescribed in regulations and specify the matters, and be accompanied by the documents, prescribed in regulations.

Notes
  • Section 71U: inserted, on , by section 4(2) of the Parental Leave and Employment Protection (Paid Parental Leave) Amendment Act 2002 (2002 No 7).
  • Section 71U(1): replaced, on , by section 73 of the Parental Leave and Employment Protection Amendment Act 2016 (2016 No 8).
  • Section 71U(1A): repealed, on , by section 73 of the Parental Leave and Employment Protection Amendment Act 2016 (2016 No 8).