79Eligible employee taking employment relations education leave entitled to ordinary pay

1. An employer must pay to an eligible employee the employee's relevant daily pay as defined in section 9 of the Holidays Act 2003 or average daily pay calculated in accordance with section 9A of that Act (as the case may be) for every day or part of a day taken by the employee as employment relations education leave.

2. However, an employer is not required to comply with subsection (1) in respect of any day for which the eligible employee is paid weekly compensation under the Accident Compensation Act 2001.