Restrictions OK
Jurisdiction Employment Relations Authority - Auckland
Reference No AA 209/05
Hearing date 3 Jun 2005
Determination date 08 June 2005
Member V Campbell
Representation LM Isherwood (in person) ; J Waterworth
Location Auckland
Parties Isherwood v Department of Labour
Summary PARENTAL LEAVE - Takeaway bar applicant worked for changed owners twice over seven month period - Applicant left work after second change of ownership but before baby's expected date of delivery - Respondent advised applicant she was not eligible for paid parental leave because was no longer an employee - Application for relief in respect of an irregularity in application for paid parental leave - Applicant alleged Schedule of Parental Leave and Employment Protection Act applied making her employment continuous - To be eligible for paid parental leave employees must have been employed by same employer during 12 months immediately preceding expected date of delivery - Applicant not entitled to parental leave - Authority's jurisdiction limited to remedying procedural irregularities and did not extend to remedying ineligibility - COSTS - Costs to lie where they fall - Manager
Result Application dismissed ; Costs to lie where they fall
Statutes ERA s161(1)(r);Parental Leave and Employment Protection Act 1987 s7;Parental Leave and Employment Protection Act 1987 s68;Parental Leave and Employment Protection Act 1987 s68(5);Parental Leave and Employment Protection Act 1987 s71A;Parental Leave and Employment Protection Act 1987 s71D;Parental Leave and Employment Protection Act 1987 Part 7A;Parental Leave and Employment Protection Act 1987 Schedule
Number of Pages 3
PDF File Link: aa 209_05.pdf [pdf 14 KB]