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69AAI: Application to Authority
or “You can ask a special group to help if your boss doesn't follow the rules about changing how you work.”
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“If bosses don't follow the rules about flexible work, they might have to pay money to their worker.”

If you are an employer, you must follow the rules about flexible working arrangements in [section 69AAE]. If you don’t, you might have to pay a fine. The Employment Relations Authority can make you pay up to $2,000 if you break these rules. This money doesn’t go to the government. Instead, you have to pay it to the employee who was affected by your actions.

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or “Workers can only challenge their boss's decision about flexible work in specific situations.”
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69AAJPenalty

  1. An employer who does not comply with section 69AAE is liable to a penalty not exceeding $2,000, imposed by the Authority.

  2. The penalty is payable to the employee concerned.

Notes
  • Section 69AAJ: inserted, on , by section 5 of the Employment Relations (Flexible Working Arrangements) Amendment Act 2007 (2007 No 105).