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Employment Relations Act 2000

Flexible working short-term for people affected by family violence - Resolving disputes

69ABI: Application to Authority after initial or later reference to mediation

You could also call this:

“Applying to the Authority if mediation doesn't work”

If you are not happy with the result of a mediation, you can apply to the Authority. You can ask the Authority to decide if your employer followed the rules in section 69ABE. You must make this application within 6 months of when you found out the result of the mediation.

You can make this application within 6 months of when you should have known the result. This time limit starts from the earlier of these two dates. You can apply to the Authority if you are not happy with what happened during the mediation, which was started under section 69ABG(2)(b) or 69ABH(2).

If you want to apply to the Authority, you need to do it within the time limit. The Authority will look at your application and decide if your employer followed the rules. You can find more information about this process in the related sections of the law.

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Part 6AB Flexible working short-term for people affected by family violence
Resolving disputes

69ABIApplication to Authority after initial or later reference to mediation

  1. This section applies if the employee is dissatisfied with the result of the reference under section 69ABG(2)(b) or 69ABH(2) to mediation.

  2. The employee may apply to the Authority for a determination as to whether the employer has complied with section 69ABE.

  3. An application under subsection (2) must be made within 6 months after the earlier of—

  4. the date when the result of the reference first became known to the employee; or
    1. the date when the result of the reference should reasonably have become known to the employee.

      Notes
      • Section 69ABI: inserted, on , by section 6 of the Domestic Violence—Victims' Protection Act 2018 (2018 No 21).