Section 73 — Employment Relations Act 2000: Union entitled to allocate employment relations education leave

73 Union entitled to allocate employment relations education leave (1) A union is entitled to allocate employment relations education leave to eligible employees in accordance with this Part. (2) The maximum number of days of employment relations education leave that a union is entitled to allocate in a year in respect of an employer's eligible employees is the number of days calculated in accordance with section 74 , unless the employer agrees to the allocation of additional days. (3) The maximum number of days of employment relations education leave that a union is entitled to allocate in a year to an eligible employee is 5 days, unless the employee's employer agrees to the allocation of additional days. (4) Employment relations education leave expires if it is not allocated by the end of the year in respect of which it is calculated under section 74 , unless the employer agrees that the leave may be carried forward to the next year.