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Employment Relations Act 2000

Flexible working short-term for people affected by family violence - Duties of employer

69ABEA: Proof of family violence

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“Showing proof of family violence to your employer”

If you are an employee affected by family violence, your employer may ask you to prove it. You can provide this proof to your employer, or someone can do it for you, for a request you made. You need to give the proof as soon as possible, and within 10 working days after your employer gets the request. Your employer can only ask for proof if they tell you as soon as possible that they need it, and they must ask for it within 3 working days after they get your request. You can find more information about this law by looking at the Domestic Violence—Victims’ Protection Act 2018 and the Family Violence Act 2018.

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Part 6AB Flexible working short-term for people affected by family violence
Duties of employer

69ABEAProof of family violence

  1. An employer may require proof that an employee is a person affected by family violence to be produced—

  2. to the employer; and
    1. by or on behalf of an employee; and
      1. for the purposes of a request made by or on behalf of the employee; and
        1. as soon as practicable after that proof is required by the employer under this section; and
          1. within 10 working days after the employer receives the request.

            1. However, the employer may require proof of that kind only if—

            2. the employer informs the employee as early as possible that the proof is required; and
              1. the employer requires the proof within 3 working days after the employer receives the request.

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                Notes
                • Section 69ABEA: inserted, on , by section 6 of the Domestic Violence—Victims' Protection Act 2018 (2018 No 21).
                • Section 69ABEA heading: amended, on , by section 259(1) of the Family Violence Act 2018 (2018 No 46).
                • Section 69ABEA(1): amended, on , by section 259(1) of the Family Violence Act 2018 (2018 No 46).