Q: Our company is looking at implementing a talent referral payment for employees. Would this be a taxable payment and would it form part of gross salary and attract 8%
Paytech Category: Payroll practice, process and employment agreements
Person grievance claim
Q: When paying a person grievance claim and the record of settlement refers to 123(1) (b) Will this payment be subject to PAYE / Kiwisaver ? A: If the settlement
Query re donating of leave
Q: Can employees gift alternative days (from working on a public holiday) to another employee or is this deemed an entitlement. A: Short answer No. This is because this is
Employment of Minors
Q: I have been asked if the Minors Act 1970 plays any part in preparing an Employment Agreement for someone under 18, in relation to having the agreement reviewed before
Proposal to change pay cycle
Q: Just wondering if you have any advice/tips how to propose to the management to adjust the pay cycle? The company has very strange pay cycle (for me anyway), because
Fixed Term extended
Q: We have a staff member who has been on a fixed term for 1 year. This has been extended for another 2 months with annual leave entitlements accruing. (maybe
Redundancy Calculation
Q: We have a redundant employee, and the company agrees to pay 3 months redundancy plus retention payment. My question is: how to count the 3 months? will it be
Severance Pay
Q: We are processing a severance pay for a client which is for mutual termination agreement. Can I please check if we should ask for more details from the client?
Clarification around when work pattern becomes ‘regular’ for casuals
Q: We are looking for guidance around what constitutes a ‘regular’ work pattern. If people were employed as casuals and offered work every week for 12 or more weeks, although
Work pattern
Q: We have a new client that has requested an unusual work pattern set-up for one of their new hires. we don’t have such a set-up at the moment, but
Standardized Policy & Procedure
Q: I have been asked to tidy up on our company policies and procedures and have noted that across the group ours are not standardized. Do you have any resources