Common use of Notification and Documentation Clause in Contracts

Notification and Documentation. (a) Employees intending to take parental leave are required to give at least three months’ notice in writing and the application is to be accompanied by a certificate signed by an appropriate health professional certifying the date of delivery. When less than three months’ notice is given, approval will not be unreasonably withheld. (b) In accordance with legislation, a male employee or spouse (husband or de facto partner, including same sex partner) applying for parental leave is additionally required to provide a written assurance from the mother (or primary care-giver) that their partner intends to jointly assume care of the child. (c) Except that leave for a pregnant woman may commence at any time during pregnancy, subject to the employee giving the employer one month’s notice in writing supported by documentation from an appropriate health professional. A shorter period of notice will be accepted on the recommendation of a medical professional. (d) An Employee intending to either legally adopt a child, or a Maori Employee intending to adopt a child by whangaai placement, is entitled to parental leave provided that the requisite criteria are met. In the case of adoption, evidence of an official adoption or whangaai placement must be provided, but the requirement of one month’s written notice does not apply. (e) Subject to meeting the qualifying criteria in the preceding clauses, parental leave may be granted for each birth, qualifying adoption or whangaai placement that occurs while an Employee is employed at NMIT.

Notification and Documentation. (a) Employees intending to take parental leave are required to give at least three months’ notice in writing and the application is to be accompanied by a certificate signed by an appropriate health professional certifying the date of delivery. When less than three months’ notice is given, approval will not be unreasonably withheld. (b) In accordance with legislation, a male an employee or spouse (husband married or de facto partner, including same sex partner) applying for parental leave is additionally required to provide a written assurance from the mother (or primary care-care giver) that their partner intends to jointly assume care of the child. (c) Except that leave Leave for a pregnant woman Employee may commence at any time during pregnancy, subject to the employee Employee giving the employer Employer one month’s notice in writing supported by documentation from an appropriate health professional. A shorter period of notice will be accepted on the recommendation of a medical professional. (d) An Employee intending to either legally adopt a child, or a Maori Employee intending to adopt a child by whangaai placement, is entitled to parental leave provided that the requisite criteria are met. In the case of adoption, appropriate evidence of an official adoption or whangaai placement must be provided, but the requirement of one month’s written notice does not apply. (e) Subject to meeting the qualifying criteria in the preceding clauses, parental leave may be granted for each birth, qualifying adoption or whangaai placement that occurs while an Employee is employed at NMITAUT.