Time off in lieu (TOIL) has nothing to do with the Holidays Act 2003. If provided it is an agreed term between the employer and employee. The whole point of TOIL is not to pay for additional hours worked. This is not about overtime as overtime is an agreed term and is about being paid […]
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Why not treat all payments the same under the Holidays Act 2003?
One of the main issues with the Holidays Act is whether decisions on payments made to an employee have been included or excluded in the correct period of gross earnings related to the day or week that is then used in the Act’s various leave calculations. It is the lack of understanding on how these […]
I HATE LONG SERVICE LEAVE!
Now before 10,000 Australians abuse me, I am stating that I hate long service leave (LSL) because it is not a leave entitlement provided in New Zealand legislation. However, it’s relatively common to see LSL as an additional leave entitlement provided to the employee in older businesses, as well as larger ones or those that […]
ISSUES WITH GIVING ANNUAL HOLIDAYS IN ADVANCE UNDER THE HOLIDAYS ACT 2003
Firstly, giving an employee annual holidays in advance is a privilege and not a right under the Holidays Act. In this post I want to cover some of the misunderstandings and issues when giving annual holidays in advance. Most employers do allow employees to take their annual holidays in advance. This is about your culture […]
MIND THE GAP: MONEY HURDLES FOR WOMEN REMAIN
Women’s financial positions are improving slowly but there are still major hurdles when it comes to pay, penalties for becoming a mother and a growing retirement savings gap. There remains a 9.2 per cent gap between the median pay of men and women but it has fallen from 16.3 per cent in 1998. Gail Pacheco, […]
Novopay in the news again!
New Zealand’s worst payroll disaster Novopay is back in the news this time for making substantial overpayments that have been putting teachers into debt. This is on top of major issues with the Holidays Act still not resolved. The ongoing issues with Novopay is what happens when non-payroll people are involved in payroll selection and […]
Revealed: The New Zealand employers caught exploiting workers
The Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) has named and shamed them its latest published stand down list. The list comes after a crackdown on employers who breach immigration and employment law, and it includes some of New Zealand’s best-known companies. Fast food restaurants have a reputation for low pay, but several managed to […]
Burger King banned from hiring migrant workers, placed on Employment NZ’s stand-down list for year
Antares Restaurant Group, the parent company which owns and operates Burger King in New Zealand, has been banned from hiring migrant workers for a year. The Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) put the company on its stand-down list for breaching the Minimum Wage Act. It is now banned from getting new visas for […]
Gender Pay Gap Narrows
New Zealand’s gender pay gap is closing, according to figures from Statistics NZ. The gender pay gap was sitting at 9.2 per cent in the June quarter of this year — the second-smallest gap recorded in around 20 years. In 2012 the gender pay gap sat at 9.1 per cent, the lowest recorded, and last […]
Mothers would get bereavement leave for miscarriages under new bill
Women who have a miscarriage at any stage in their pregnancy would be entitled to bereavement leave under a new Member’s Bill drawn from the ballot. Labour MP Ginny Andersen’s bill would make it explicit that the “unplanned death of a foetus” is grounds for up to three days of bereavement leave. “One pregnancy out […]
Holidays Act Review – Why payroll providers should not be involved in the review process
Article by: David Jenkins, NZPPA CEO In the terms of reference for the recently announced review of the Holidays Act, the Minister states that payroll providers and other private sector organisations will be involved “in the design and testing of options” on making the Holidays Act workable. On the face of it this looks like […]
NZ Domestic Violence—Victims’ Protection Bill Passes
From the 1 April 2019 New Zealand will have another leave type called Domestic Violence leave. An employee that is eligible will be able to get up to 10 days domestic violence leave. It will become an act once signed off by the Governor General and a range of current legislation will be amended with […]
[Eric Neal, ACE BUSINESS SOLUTIONS] AN OPEN LETTER TO MR IAIN LEES-GALLOWAY, THE MINISTER IN CHARGE OF EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS
Dear Mr Lees-Galloway THE NONSENSE HAS TO STOP My apologies for the dramatic heading to my letter. It is just an expression of the frustration and annoyance that I feel regarding the lack of patience and goodwill being shown by the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) in dealing with Holiday Pay compliance issues. […]
UPDATED: IMPORTANT TO KNOW FOR PAYROLL: IRD ANNOUNCES 2018 UPDATED KM RATE FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE
IRD has released an Operational Statement that replaces Operation Statement OS 09/01 Commissioner’s statement on use of a kilometre rate for expenditure incurred for business use of a motor vehicle, issued in May 2009. This Statement explains how the kilometre rates are to be applied and also sets the rates for the current year. This Statement is […]
IRD’s Updated 2018 Km Rate for a Motor Vehicle
Commissioner’s statement on using a kilometre rate for business running of a motor vehicle. […]
Bunnings to pay back staff $11m to comply with Holidays Act
Bunnings has announced it will backpay staff $11 million as part of its efforts to comply with Holidays Act. The payment affects 12,235 staff members and comes as a number of other major organisations also make moves to correct the underpayment of staff over years. All leave payments from 1 April 2004 to 31 May […]
The government’s recently announced review of the holidays act: will it resolve the issues at long last?
Last week the government announced that it would review the Holidays Act. So firstly, I want to give credit to the government in doing this. It is good to see they have recognised there are issues that must be resolved with this unworkable piece of legislation. It has taken far too long for this review […]
Holidays Act 2003 Terms of Reference
Please find attached terms of reference for the recently announced review by the government of the Holidays Act 2003. cabinet paper holidays act 2003 review terms of reference […]
Important for NZ Payroll MBIE’S position statement – Estimating the value of holidays act 2003 underpayments
Many employers and their payroll professionals are spending a lot of time and money trying to correct mistakes made from an unworkable Holidays Act 2003. This will not change until the government (or any government) shows some real courage in trying to make the Act workable and as easy as paying an employee their wage […]
90-day trials to be all but axed in first stage of employment law reforms
The Government is expected to all but axe the controversial 90-day trial as a result of pressure from New Zealand First, in the first tranche of employment law reforms to be announced today. The Herald understands that the 90-day trial period for new workers will only be available to a limited range of employers in the […]