About 115,000 Kiwis will be stung with a tax bill for the first time next year and experts are warning there could be teething issues even for those who get
Year: 2018
Inland Revenue walks the talk on payday filing
Inland Revenue has become the country’s first big employer to adopt payday filing ahead of it being mandatory on 1 April next year. Customer segment leader Richard Owen says switching
Controversial workplace relations bill softened somewhat to get support from NZ First
Labour’s flagship workplace relations bill has been delayed and union access provisions softened to keep NZ First on board. The rights of employers to opt out of multi-employment collective agreements
TOIL – WHAT DOES IT MEAN FOR PAYROLL?
Time off in lieu (TOIL) has nothing to do with the Holidays Act 2003. If provided it is an agreed term between the employer and employee. The whole point of
Why not treat all payments the same under the Holidays Act 2003?
One of the main issues with the Holidays Act is whether decisions on payments made to an employee have been included or excluded in the correct period of gross earnings
I HATE LONG SERVICE LEAVE!
Now before 10,000 Australians abuse me, I am stating that I hate long service leave (LSL) because it is not a leave entitlement provided in New Zealand legislation. However, it’s
ISSUES WITH GIVING ANNUAL HOLIDAYS IN ADVANCE UNDER THE HOLIDAYS ACT 2003
Firstly, giving an employee annual holidays in advance is a privilege and not a right under the Holidays Act. In this post I want to cover some of the misunderstandings
MIND THE GAP: MONEY HURDLES FOR WOMEN REMAIN
Women’s financial positions are improving slowly but there are still major hurdles when it comes to pay, penalties for becoming a mother and a growing retirement savings gap. There remains
Novopay in the news again!
New Zealand’s worst payroll disaster Novopay is back in the news this time for making substantial overpayments that have been putting teachers into debt. This is on top of major
Revealed: The New Zealand employers caught exploiting workers
The Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) has named and shamed them its latest published stand down list. The list comes after a crackdown on employers who breach immigration
Burger King banned from hiring migrant workers, placed on Employment NZ’s stand-down list for year
Antares Restaurant Group, the parent company which owns and operates Burger King in New Zealand, has been banned from hiring migrant workers for a year. The Ministry of Business, Innovation
Gender Pay Gap Narrows
New Zealand’s gender pay gap is closing, according to figures from Statistics NZ. The gender pay gap was sitting at 9.2 per cent in the June quarter of this year
Mothers would get bereavement leave for miscarriages under new bill
Women who have a miscarriage at any stage in their pregnancy would be entitled to bereavement leave under a new Member’s Bill drawn from the ballot. Labour MP Ginny Andersen’s
Holidays Act Review – Why payroll providers should not be involved in the review process
Article by: David Jenkins, NZPPA CEO In the terms of reference for the recently announced review of the Holidays Act, the Minister states that payroll providers and other private sector
NZ Domestic Violence—Victims’ Protection Bill Passes
From the 1 April 2019 New Zealand will have another leave type called Domestic Violence leave. An employee that is eligible will be able to get up to 10 days
[Eric Neal, ACE BUSINESS SOLUTIONS] AN OPEN LETTER TO MR IAIN LEES-GALLOWAY, THE MINISTER IN CHARGE OF EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS
Dear Mr Lees-Galloway THE NONSENSE HAS TO STOP My apologies for the dramatic heading to my letter. It is just an expression of the frustration and annoyance that I feel
UPDATED: IMPORTANT TO KNOW FOR PAYROLL: IRD ANNOUNCES 2018 UPDATED KM RATE FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE
IRD has released an Operational Statement that replaces Operation Statement OS 09/01 Commissioner’s statement on use of a kilometre rate for expenditure incurred for business use of a motor vehicle, issued in
IRD’s Updated 2018 Km Rate for a Motor Vehicle
Commissioner’s statement on using a kilometre rate for business running of a motor vehicle.
Bunnings to pay back staff $11m to comply with Holidays Act
Bunnings has announced it will backpay staff $11 million as part of its efforts to comply with Holidays Act. The payment affects 12,235 staff members and comes as a number
The government’s recently announced review of the holidays act: will it resolve the issues at long last?
Last week the government announced that it would review the Holidays Act. So firstly, I want to give credit to the government in doing this. It is good to see