The Parental Leave and Employment Protection Act provides a range of leave types to support employees taking leave as part of their parental responsibilities.

Payroll needs to understand the differences and rules between each leave type, the criteria that the employee has to meet to get them, how parental leave is earned, and its effect on leave provided under the Holidays Act.

Contents:

• Parental Leave and Employment Protection Act 1987
• Employee eligibility for parental leave
• Eligibility criteria for parental leave
• Types of parental leave and the rules related to each:
  • Special leave
  • Primary carers leave
  • Partner’s leave
  • Extended leave
  • Negotiated carer leave

• Paid work option under parental leave

• • Keeping in touch days
• An employee returning to work early
• Employee not returning to work from parental leave
  • What happens when an employee does not return from parental leave?
  • Employee made redundant while on parental leave
• Effects of parental leave on annual holidays
  • Effects on annual holiday entitlement when returning from parental leave
• Resources available on EmploymentNZ

Date of Webinar

• 27 June 2025 (11 am to 12.15 pm)