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69AAJ: Penalty
or “If bosses don't follow the rules about flexible work, they might have to pay money to their worker.”
You could also call this:

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

You can’t challenge your employer if they refuse your request or don’t respond to it, except in two situations. First, if you think your employer didn’t follow the rules in section 69AAE when dealing with your request. Second, you can only challenge your employer in the ways described in sections 69AAH to 69AAJ. These are the only times when you’re allowed to challenge your employer’s decision about your request.

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Resolving disputes

69AAKLimitation on challenging employer

  1. An employee may not challenge his or her employer's refusal of a request, or failure to respond to a request, except—

  2. if the employee believes his or her employer has not complied with section 69AAE; and
    1. to the extent provided by sections 69AAH to 69AAJ.

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