Employment Relations Act 2000, ss 69AAA-69AAC
At any time you have the right to ask your employer for a change to:
when you work – your hours or days of work
where you work – for example, if you want to work at home.
If you’re affected by family violence, you can also ask for flexibility for any other aspects of your job that need to be changed – like what tasks you do at work, or which contact details you give to your employer (to keep yourself safe you may need to keep your current home address secret).
You have to put your request in writing. You’ll need to explain:
whether the change you want would be permanent or temporary – and, if it would only be temporary, how long it would be for, and
what changes, if any, you think your employer may need to make in their business if they agree to your request.
Victims of family violence also have a separate right to ask for short-term flexibility to their work arrangements: see the next section.