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Equal Pay Act 1972

General provisions - Notices, penalties, and enforcement

14A: Notices

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"How to give notices to the right person under the Equal Pay Act"

When you need to give a notice under the Equal Pay Act, you must give it to the right person. If the notice is for an employee who has a representative, you give the notice to the representative at their address. You can find the representative's address for service to send the notice.

If the employee does not have a representative, you can give the notice in person, or send it electronically, like an email. You can also give the notice in the way specified in the employee's employment agreement. If the claimant is a union, you give the notice to the union at their address for service.

When you need to give a notice to an employer, you can deliver it in person, or send it electronically. You can also give the notice in the way specified in the employee's employment agreement. This is how you give notices under the Equal Pay Act.

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Part 5General provisions
Notices, penalties, and enforcement

14ANotices

  1. A notice under this Act that is required to be given to a claimant must,—

  2. if the claimant is an employee who has authorised a representative to act on the employee’s behalf in respect of the claim, be given to that representative at the address for service of the representative; or
    1. if the claimant is an employee who has not authorised a representative to act on the employee’s behalf in respect of the claim, be—
      1. delivered to the employee in person; or
        1. sent to the employee by any form of electronic communication that is ordinarily used for formal communications; or
          1. notified to the employee in any manner specified in the employee’s employment agreement; or
          2. if the claimant is a union, be given to the union at the union’s address for service.

            1. A notice under this Act that is required to be given to an employee’s employer must be—

            2. delivered in person to the employee’s employer; or
              1. sent to the employee’s employer by any form of electronic communication that is ordinarily used for formal communications; or
                1. notified to the employer in any manner specified in the employee’s employment agreement.

                  Notes
                  • Section 14A: inserted, on , by section 20 of the Equal Pay Amendment Act 2020 (2020 No 45).