FOR

This course is suitable for intermediate to senior payroll practitioners.

PURPOSE

Payroll professionals must be proactive in ensuring payroll compliance. Payroll is one of the most impacted areas of any business, where legislative requirements must be followed, or it can create serious risk.

Understanding the law, how it is applied to payroll software (configuration), how it is actioned within and outside payroll, and how it is managed are all essential to ensuring legislative compliance. This workshop is designed to upskill payroll practitioners with the knowledge and tools to be proactive in this area.

This course is delivered in a workshop format through an online virtual classroom and is run over two days (one day per week for two consecutive weeks). This allows attendees to apply what has been covered in their payroll between sessions and review it in the following session.

Attendees will be provided with an NZPPA Legislative Compliance Checklist, along with the NZPPA Payroll Practice Guide. Numerous external references will also be provided throughout the course.

By the end of the workshop, participants will have completed a legislative compliance check of their payroll. Participants can also submit follow-up questions (on course content) via the NZPPA PayTech AdviceLine after the course.

COURSE DELIVERY

This is a virtual classroom course conducted online.

DURATION

• 2 days – 1 day per week over 2 weeks (course runs from 9:00 a.m. to 4:15 p.m. each day).

COURSE CONTENT

2 x 1-day sessions (one week apart)

• Day 1 – Employment law legislation covered:
  • Holidays Act 2003
  • Employment Relations Act 2000
  • Parental Leave and Employment Protection Act 1987
  • Minimum Wage Act 1983
  • Wages Protection Act
• Day 2 – Tax legislation covered:
  • Employment law (follow-up)
  • Income Tax Act 2007
  • Tax Administration Act 1994
  • Child Support Act 1991
  • Student Loan Scheme Act 1992
  • Accident Compensation Act 2001
  • KiwiSaver Act 2006
  • Other Acts impacting payroll

How will the legislative check help your payroll?

• Identify typical legislative issues within payroll (software, configuration, and management).
• Cover core legislative requirements and how they should be applied to payroll.
• Identify legislative requirements that need to be included in employment agreements to ensure compliance and support payroll.

LEARNING OUTCOMES

At the end of the course, participants will be able to:

1. Identify legislative requirements and how they apply to payroll.
2. Use a compliance checklist to assess payroll compliance.
3. Create an action plan (next steps) if any issues are identified.

Course Certificate:

• On completion of the course, attendees will receive a Certificate of Attendance.

NZPPA Certification:

This course will support participants in completing the online assessment requirements for NZPPA Certification to become a recognised payroll professional.

Course dates:

• 1 & 8 May 2026
• 23 & 30 July 2026
• 8 & 15 October 2026

Cost:

• Member Price: NZ$995.00 + GST
• Non-member Price: NZ$1,195.00 + GST

*For additional attendees (from the 2nd attendee onwards), a 15% discount applies. For larger groups, please contact NZPPA for a higher discount. Email: training@nzppa.co.nz