Section 69AAI — Employment Relations Act 2000: Application to Authority

69AAI Application to Authority (1) This section applies if— (a) an employee believes that his or her employer has not complied with section 69AAE ; and (b) mediation has not resolved the matter. (2) The employee may apply to the Authority for a determination as to whether the employer has complied with section 69AAE . (3) An application under subsection (2) must be made within 12 months after the relevant date. (4) If the Authority determines that the employer has made a wrong determination about an employee's eligibility to make a request under section 69AAB , the employer must comply with section 69AAE as soon as practicable. (5) In subsection (3), relevant date means,— (a) if the employer notifies a refusal within 3 months after receiving a request, the date on which the employer notifies the employee of the employer's refusal: (b) in any other case, the date 3 months after the employer received the employee's request. Section 69AAI: inserted, on 1 July 2008, by section 5 of the Employment Relations (Flexible Working Arrangements) Amendment Act 2007 (2007 No 105).