Q: We would like to ask if the union meeting; employment relations education leave should be treated by other paid hours and paid leave, which should be included to calculation
Paytech Category: Holidays Act 2003
Annual Leave Accrual
Q: May we kindly seek for your assistance on a clearer approach regarding the accrual of annual leave whenever there is a change in work hours. What happens when there
Public Holiday Payment
Q: I have a query regarding public holiday payment to casual employee. There is a casual employee and I checked his last 8 weeks and 6 weeks he worked on
Public Holiday Pay Rate
Q: I have recently done a back pay for an employee which relates to underpayment for an allowance between 2012 and 2022. The Collective Agreement that the employee is on,
Work Days
Q: When the company pays weekly parental top-up payments to employees in addition to the IRD payments. Can we count the work days/week even though the employee is not working for
NZ employee working overseas on a public holiday
Q: Can I please have your view of this: An employee is overseas on a paid working trip on the dates of an NZ public Holiday i.e. was away from
Leave cash-up query
Q: I have a query on leave cash ups as far as whether they should be included in leave calculations. NZPPA Payroll Practice guide has the following to be included
Leave Calculating at the beginning of the leave period
Q: We have an employee who is taking 6 weeks annual leave, he doesn’t have enough leave to cover this so has requested that we pay him 3 days annual
Good Friday – Public Holiday
Q: A catering company who has a government contract to supply school lunches under the ‘Ka Ora, Ka Ako programme’ employs a person to deliver these lunches on Thursday &
Paying for a PH after Termination
Q: We have a client who has an employee paid weekly – Employee started 04SEP23 and the end of employment date is Wed 27MAR24 so there is no annual leave
Interpretation of a Long Service Leave clause which identifies a Holidays Act Calculation
Q: I have a contract issued in 2005 which specifies their special holidays for payment as follows: “All such special holidays shall be on average weekly taxable earnings as defined
Transfer/Donate sick leave to another employee
Q: Can an employee transfer/donate their sick leave balance to another employee? A: No minimum entitlement is provided under the Holidays Act. If you provided additional SL by agreement on
Sick on a Public Holiday
Q: An employee, who was not asked to work on 6/2/24, was paid as PH not worked, has said they were sick. Do we go ahead and ignore the sick day
Sick Leave Without Pay
Q: We have had an employee on Sick LWOP since August 2022 and I’m about to process her final pay as she is retiring. Just wondering if she accrues Annual Leave
Appointment leave question
Q: What is the best way to pay staff for say a Doctors appointment? Staff member works til 2.30pm them goes to her appointment – do I pay 2.5hrs Sick
How Many Alternative Holidays?
Q: Needing confirmation on if an employee works from 1/1/23 10.00 pm until 6.00 am 2/1/24 he thinks this is 2 different public holidays and so the employee should get
Backdating Termination Date due to LWOP
Q: I have been asked to backdate and employees termination date to the beginning of a Leave Without Pay period as the employee has terminated their employment whilst on Leave
Change of Employment Type from Permanent to Casual
Q: I am reaching out to seek clarification on a matter related to sick leave entitlements for employees in our New Zealand office. We have a casual employee who recently
Casual employee sick leave entitlements
Q: I am hoping you may be able to clarify for me the following: All employees (including part-time and casual employees) are entitled to 10 days’ sick leave per year if:
What is a week?
Q: We have a staff member that works 5 days and 16 hours a week. The work pattern is M2 T2 W2 T2 F8 and let’s just say they ordinarily earn