Q: I just wonder in New Zealand, can employee ask the employer to pay the salary to a bank account which is not under their name? If yes, what documentation
Paytech Category: Wages protection, employment relations and minimum wage
Recovering overpayments longer than 2 months
Q: How do you manage an overpayment value where the employee will not pay it back in full within 2 months? An agreement made by HR/Union/Employee is for a minimal
Recover Overpayment to Employee
Q: I would like some advice on whether the company can ask the employee (ex-employee) to pay back the following: Overpaid ordinary hours: they worked 10 hours but got paid
Minimum wage query
Q: I would appreciate your support regarding a minimum wage rate inquiry. Currently, an employee is paid an hourly rate of $21.36 and receives a fixed taxable allowance of $150
Wage payments when payday falls on a public holiday
Q: I am old school, and it was always that wages were paid before a public holiday. Is this still the case, or can they be paid on the day
Casual Employee
Q: I have a client that is employing a 17-year-old, employee who turns 18 on the 25th of October 2024. Can this employee be paid the starting out rate of
Query Regarding Cash Up of Annual Leave
Q: Can you please assist, we have an employee who has spoken to an employment mediator regarding cash up of annual leave. Our understanding is that an employee can only
Annual Leave paid in advance of entitlement follow-up
Q: I was reading this response to a query – and it references week 3 as being covered by the Wages Protection Act. Does this mean in the final pay
Minimum Wage Increase
Q: I hope this message finds you well. Regarding the recent minimum wage increase effective from 1st April 2024, I have a query regarding its implementation within our fortnightly pay
Pay Transparency
Q: In Australia we have Pay Transparency or Pay Secrecy as part of Fairwork guidelines, we were wondering if there was anything legislated like this in New Zealand? A: We have
Rostered Shifts
Q: I have a question regarding rostered shifts and what happens if an employee doesn’t want to work an allocated shift. An employees contract states that they are guaranteed 37.5hrs
Annual Leave paid in advance of entitlement
Q: An employee was provided annual leave in advance of entitlement of 2 weeks. The employee has worked less than 12 months and has now resigned. If the final holiday
Overpayment of wages
Q: We have an employee who has overpaid their employee from Jan 2022 to date. The error apparently happened when the timesheet included the public holiday, but also in payroll
Delaying payment of final pay
Q: Are there any circumstances where it is legal to delay payment of the final pay, or is this illegal under wages protection act? Please tell me where this can be
Individual employment Agreement vs Collective 30 day rule and Section 62(5)
Q: We have a Collective Agreement that covers a number of positions in our company. So, we must offer new employees who choose an individual agreement the terms no less favorable
Employee Information
Q: We have an employee requesting copy of his contract, all time and wage records and payslips by 5pm today. What is the timeline for us to supply this information? A: Here
10min paid meal break
Q: We have an employee in our Urgent Care Medical area requesting an additional 10 minutes of pay for a meal break they couldn’t take due to the practice being
Accommodation Allowance included in minimum wage top up calculations
Q: We are looking for clarification on whether a contractual obligation would supercede guidance surrounding a calculation of minimum wage top up protection. An excerpt of the employee contract states;
Best practice advice – changing pay period to be all in arrears
Q: I need some guidelines on best practice approach to changing the dates of a fortnightly pay period so that it is all in arrears, instead of some arrears/some advance please.
Pay Day
Q: We’ve got a client who consistently pays their wages after 5pm on payday. Most recently the wages were paid at 9pm at night. They are still being paid on Pay