Q: A staff member is returning after 4 months of resigning and his original commencement date May 22 is being recognised for continuous service. I have explained to HR that
Paytech Category: Holidays Act 2003
Resigning After Parental Leave
Q: An employee has resigned effective from 7/3/2023, after being on parental leave since 19/4/2022. What is the correct way to calculate her final pay? I have read that the
Legal cases setting precedent for the value of 4 weeks leave
Q: We are after a case example or examples on what the value of the minimum 4 weeks annual leave should be if an employee changed their working pattern in
LWOP Non Return
Q: One of our employees has been on leave without pay since October 2022. It was agreed that his anniversary date for annual holidays entitlement will be moved out by
Legal cases setting precedent for the value of 4 weeks leave
Q: We are after a case example or examples on what the value of the minimum 4 weeks annual leave should be if an employee changed their working pattern in
Commission Only Employee
Q: I’ve had a query from a client who is a commission only employee. He recently had an accident and is on ACC. While on ACC he is still being
Annual leave rate when staff reduce their days and take leave immediately
Q: We have a staff member was working full time 5 days per week 8 hours per day Reduced their working days down to 2 days @ 8 hours per
STAT days for an IEA Rostered employee
Q: We have just been working to clarify STAT days for our IEA rostered team members as there has been some confusion around how this is processed. Specifically, around what
Leave without pay – anniversary date
Q: I have an employee who agreed to a change in anniversary date for a leave without pay period. Leave without pay period of 2-3 months in Aug/Sept/Oct 22, and
LWOP
Q: We have a client who has an employee – part of their deal is that the employee takes the school holidays off. She may take Annual Leave for those
Working on a Public Holiday
Q: Could you please tell me when the alternative day for working on a public holiday came into legislation? A: 1 April 2004, has been in the act since day
Paying a Public Holiday
Q: I understand HOW Public Holidays are paid but if it turns out that it is to be paid at an employee’s RDP, is there a requirement to separate the
Keeping in Touch
Q: If a FT/PT Employee works Keeping in Touch hours on a Public Holiday, would she/he be entitled to an Alt Accrued? A: Is the PH an otherwise working day
Annual leave accrual rate and 12 month entitlement
Q: We have a few employees we are monitoring by spreadsheet for their pattern of work as they don’t fit the perfect week. This is because a week is not defined
ACC and the Holidays Act
Q: We have an employee that is on ACC just a little bit over a year now from 18th Aug 2021 Prior to him going on ACC his employment start date
New Starter – Public Holiday
Q: I have a new starter contracted to start Monday 24th October and my company is querying whether or not this person is eligible to be paid for the Public Holiday.
Annual Holidays
Q: We process our salaries monthly on 15 each month. We process any leave taken from the previous month i.e. September in October. Our employees received a pay increase from
Payment for being On Call on Public Holiday
Q: I am wondering if you would be able to bring more clarity around payments for staff, who are On Call on Public Holidays. The legislation isn’t 100% clear on that.
Public Holiday when away
Q: We have an employee who hasn’t been working since mid September. ACC have not yet accepted the claim but it is in dispute. Do we pay him for public holidays
Parental Leave / Annual Leave accrual
Q: I have a question on the effect of Parental Leave on accrued Annual Leave taken after returning from PL. My understanding has been that the AWE calculation is only for