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Public holiday entitlements while receiving ACC weekly compensation An employer is required to pay an employee for an unworked public holiday when it falls on an ‘otherwise working day’. An employer generally won’t have to pay an employee for a public holiday when...

[EMPLOYMENTNZ] SICK LEAVE ENTITLEMENTS Most employees are entitled to 10 days’ sick leave a year. It depends on how long they have worked for the same employer, and their entitlement date. Part day sick The Holidays Act 2003 describes sick leave entitlement in terms...

TERMINATION PAY - THE DIFFERENCES FOR PAYROLL TO GET RIGHT Author: David Jenkins, NZPPA CEO Termination pay is one of the higher-risk areas of payroll processing.  This is because termination pay can include several different types of payments not part of normal...

[MBIE] FAIRPAY AGREEMENT - CURRENT FPA APPLICATIONS Applications being assessed The application to initiate bargaining has been received, is currently being reviewed and assessed against the legal requirements. FPA01-001-2022 – Hospitality related – General...

7-day payment processing for banks 23 May 2023 From 26 May 2023, banks will process transactions 365 days of the year including weekends and public holidays. We won’t change our payment processing: Due dates for payments will still move to the following business day...

[IRD] KILOMETRE RATES FOR THE BUSINESS USE OF VEHICLES FOR THE 2023 INCOME YEAR The table of rates for the 2022/2023 income year for motor vehicle expenditure claims. In accordance with s DE 12(4) the Commissioner is required to set and publish kilometre rates. These...

[EMPLOYMENTNZ] TOOLS OF TRADE Employers and employees must agree who will provide the tools of trade needed for the job. Tools of trade are tools, equipment, devices and machinery that would usually be used in the normal course of a person's profession, trade or...

[EMPLOYMENTNZ] BEREAVEMENT LEAVE Eligible employees can take paid bereavement leave if someone close to them dies, or for a miscarriage or stillbirth. Bereavement leave gives an employee time to grieve and to take care of matters to do with the bereavement. This can...

[DUNCAN COTTERILL] EMPLOYMENT LAW CHANGES ARE ON THE WAY - WHAT YOU NEED TO BE AWARE OF There are a couple of employment law updates that are worth noting. The first is a very likely and imminent change, the second is more “left field” but is noteworthy just the same....

[DUNCANCOTTERILL] BREAKING THE CHAINS: ANTICIPATED CHANGES TO EMPLOYEE RESTRAINTS OF TRADE In September 2022, the Employment Relations (Restraint of Trade) Amendment Bill (Bill) was introduced to Parliament by a private member (Labour Party). If passed, it would...