Q: Does annual leave need to be used up before LWOP can be used? A: Unpaid leave is an agreed term, so there is no requirement for the employer to decide how
Paytech Category: Holidays Act 2003
Annual Leave Accrual
Q: I have a question regarding accrual of annual leave in hours. If an employee started their employment on 1 Jan 2025 working 20 hours per week but in April changed
LWOP or Sick LWOP
Q: Can you please explain the difference between LWOP and Sick LWOP? Also, are they treated differently with regards to annual leave? A: You can only cash up one week from the
Annual Leave Rate
Q: Just wondering about the policy when it comes to the continuous annual leave rate. Do we use the rate at the start of the leave period? A: If an employee takes
Sick Leave Eligibility
Q: We have an employee who has worked for us since 2023. She works only one day a fortnight (8 hours) and has requested half a day of sick leave. I’ve
Stat Day Payments
Q: An employee works 2 hours on a Public Holiday and gets paid 2 hours at time and a half plus an Alternate day in lieu. They are normally rostered to
Carry Over of Unused Annual Leave
Q: I believe there is currently no limit indicated on the holidays act as to how many unused annual holidays an employee can carry over. However, when looking at the govt.nz
Sick Leave
Q: I wanted to ask, if someone has taken sick leave in advance, and this person leaves can this be a deduction in the termination pay the same as annual
5th Week of Annual Holidays
Q: HR tend to grant 5 weeks of annual leave in the contracts stating in accordance with the Hols Act, does not separate this additional week’s allowance. I am just checking
Bereavement Leave
Q: We have an employee who has requested 3 days bereavement leave for his partners step brother, so his step brother-in-law. The information I could find shows siblings as being
Negative Balance on Termination
Q: We are looking to get some clarity around a person that has been terminated and the result has ended up with a negative termination balance. If a person terminates and
Public Holidays
Q: An employee has asked a question about public holidays. If an employee is called out to work in a region that is having a public holiday on that day,
Casual Employment – Public Holidays
Q: I have a query I was hoping you could help with regarding payment for public holidays for casual team members. When are casual team members entitled to an alternative
Working from 9 p.m. on 31/12/2024 to 2 a.m. on 1/01/2025
Q: If an employee started their shift at 9 p.m. on 31/12/2024 and worked past midnight, and it is a public holiday the next day, are they entitled to time
Payment In Lieu of Notice for Redundancy and Public Holidays Within that Period
Q: We have an Employee who has just been made redundant and their last day was Tuesday 3.12.24 and I have been instructed to pay 4 Weeks In Lieu of Notice.
Casual employee
Q: Just wanted to check we have a fixed-term causal employee who started last week. She is only working T W and Th until the end of Feb 2025, she
Clarification of Holidays Act S22(3)
Q: Can you please clarify the part weeks of this clause for me? if someone has an unpaid day off here and there is that considered 0.1 or 0.3 of
Salaried employee- half day leave request
Q: I can’t seem to find relevant guidance for my query below. Perhaps you can help The employee is on a salary. They are contracted for a 47.5-hour week, over
Employee off work for Non Work related injury
Q: An employee has been off work for a non-work-related injury for 3 months. The employee is about to return. Can the employee’s anniversary date for entitlement to annual holidays
Rehire
Q: If an employee resigns and is rehired within a month, are there any specific regulations under the Holiday Act regarding entitlements or service continuity that we should consider, if