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Court enforces rigidity of parental leave rules

YoungHunter senior associate Gerard Elwell on a case where the Employment Court sided with MBIE against a woman who wanted parental leave five months after giving birth.

WATCH: YoungHunter Lawyers senior associate Gerard Elwell speaks with Dita De Boni.

Dita De Boni Tue, 07 May 2024

Paid parental leave is one of the most contentious areas of employment law around, and the broader discussion of it touches on multiple hot potatoes – working women, what is a family/caregiver, pay parity, and the treatment of the child-full vs the child-free, just for starters. 

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Dita De Boni Tue, 07 May 2024
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