Section 78 — Employment Relations Act 2000: Eligible employee proposing to take employment relations education leave

78 Eligible employee proposing to take employment relations education leave (1) An eligible employee proposing to take employment relations education leave must tell his or her employer— (a) that the employee proposes to take that leave; and (b) the dates on which the employee proposes to take that leave; and (c) the employment relations education that the employee proposes to undertake during that leave. (2) An eligible employee must not take employment relations education leave unless the employee complies with subsection (1) as soon as possible, but in any event no later than 14 days before the first day of such leave. (3) An employer may refuse to allow an eligible employee to take employment relations education leave if the employer is satisfied, on reasonable grounds, that the employee taking employment relations education leave on the dates notified would unreasonably disrupt the employer's business. (3A) To avoid doubt, a representative of an eligible employee may comply with subsection (1) on behalf of the eligible employee. (4) In subsection (2) , day means a day of the week other than a day in the period beginning with 25 December in any year and ending with 5 January in the following year. Subsection (3A) was inserted, as from 1 December 2004, by section 34 Employment Relations Amendment Act (No 2) 2004 (2004 No 86). See section 73 of that Act for the transitional provisions.