Parental Leave and Employment Protection (Rate of Parental Leave Payment) Regulations 2014

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  • Parental Leave and Employment Protection (Rate of Parental Leave Payment) Regulations 2014: revoked, on 1 July 2015 (continuing to apply in relation to the period commencing on 1 July 2014 and ending on 30 June 2015 as if they had not been revoked), by regulation 5(1) of the Parental Leave and Employment Protection (Rate of Parental Leave Payment) Regulations 2015 (LI 2015/109).

Reprint as at 1 July 2015

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Parental Leave and Employment Protection (Rate of Parental Leave Payment) Regulations 2014

(LI 2014/174)

Parental Leave and Employment Protection (Rate of Parental Leave Payment) Regulations 2014: revoked, on 1 July 2015 (continuing to apply in relation to the period commencing on 1 July 2014 and ending on 30 June 2015 as if they had not been revoked), by regulation 5(1) of the Parental Leave and Employment Protection (Rate of Parental Leave Payment) Regulations 2015 (LI 2015/109).

Jerry Mateparae, Governor-General

Order in Council

At Wellington this 26th day of May 2014

Present:
His Excellency the Governor-General in Council

Note

Changes authorised by subpart 2 of Part 2 of the Legislation Act 2012 have been made in this official reprint.

Note 4 at the end of this reprint provides a list of the amendments incorporated.

These regulations are administered by the Ministry of Business, Innovation, and Employment.

Pursuant to section 73(1)(ac) and (ada) of the Parental Leave and Employment Protection Act 1987, His Excellency the Governor-General, acting on the advice and with the consent of the Executive Council and on the recommendation of the Minister of Labour made after complying with section 73(3) of that Act, makes the following regulations.

Regulations

1 Title

These regulations are the Parental Leave and Employment Protection (Rate of Parental Leave Payment) Regulations 2014.

2 Commencement

These regulations come into force on 1 July 2014.

3 Amount of parental leave payment adjusted

For the purposes of section 71M(1)(a) and (1A)(a) of the Parental Leave and Employment Protection Act 1987, the adjusted amount is set at $504.10.

4 Minimum amount of payment for self-employed persons

For the purposes of section 71M(1A)(b)(ii) of the Parental Leave and Employment Protection Act 1987, the minimum amount of parental leave payment for a self-employed person is $142.50.

5 Revocation and saving

(1)

The Parental Leave and Employment Protection (Rate of Parental Leave Payment) Regulations 2013 (SR 2013/233) are revoked.

(2)

However, the Parental Leave and Employment Protection (Rate of Parental Leave Payment) Regulations 2013 continue to apply in relation to the period commencing on 1 July 2013 and ending on 30 June 2014 as if they had not been revoked.

Michael Webster,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Explanatory note

This note is not part of the regulations, but is intended to indicate their general effect.

These regulations, which come into force on 1 July 2014, adjust the amount specified in section 71M(1)(a) and (1A)(a) of the Parental Leave and Employment Protection Act 1987 (the Act).

Under section 71M(1) of the Act, the rate of parental leave payment payable to an employee is the lesser of—

  • $488.17 per week (as from 1 July 2013); and

  • the greater of—

    • 100% of the employee’s ordinary weekly pay before the commencement of the parental leave; and

    • 100% of the employee’s average weekly earnings.

Under section 71M(1A) of the Act, the rate of parental leave payment payable to a self-employed person is the lesser of—

  • $488.17 per week (as from 1 July 2013); and

  • the greater of—

    • 100% of the self-employed person’s average weekly earnings; and

    • the minimum amount set under section 71OA of the Act.

The amount of $488.17 per week must be adjusted by 1 July 2014 by any percentage movement upwards in average ordinary time weekly earnings. These regulations adjust the amount to $504.10. These regulations also set, for the purposes of section 71M(1A)(b)(ii) of the Act, the minimum amount of parental leave payment payable to a self-employed person. The amount is set at $142.50. The amounts apply to parental leave payments payable on and after 1 July 2014.

Issued under the authority of the Legislation Act 2012.

Date of notification in Gazette: 29 May 2014.

Reprints notes
1 General

This is a reprint of the Parental Leave and Employment Protection (Rate of Parental Leave Payment) Regulations 2014 that incorporates all the amendments to those regulations as at the date of the last amendment to them.

2 Legal status

Reprints are presumed to correctly state, as at the date of the reprint, the law enacted by the principal enactment and by any amendments to that enactment. Section 18 of the Legislation Act 2012 provides that this reprint, published in electronic form, has the status of an official version under section 17 of that Act. A printed version of the reprint produced directly from this official electronic version also has official status.

3 Editorial and format changes

Editorial and format changes to reprints are made using the powers under sections 24 to 26 of the Legislation Act 2012. See also http://www.pco.parliament.govt.nz/editorial-conventions/.

4 Amendments incorporated in this reprint

Parental Leave and Employment Protection (Rate of Parental Leave Payment) Regulations 2015 (LI 2015/109): regulation 5(1)