Changing the Holidays Act Name to the Employee Leave Act, Ministers response
Year: 2021
EMPLOYERS DODGE $500 MILLION BULLET AS COURT OF APPEAL RULES BONUSES NOT TO BE INCLUDED IN HOLIDAY PAY
A Court of Appeal decision may have saved businesses millions of dollars in potential backpay. The Court of Appeal has overturned an Employment Court ruling, which said that payments from
YOU CAN’T RETROFIT THE HOLIDAYS ACT WHEN USING A ROTATING ROSTER, SO PULL YOUR HEAD IN AND DO IT RIGHT!
Author: David Jenkins NZPPA CEO I write on topics in payroll that I believe are current and timely, and I judge that from the type of questions we get through
Response from the Hon Michael Wood On NZPPA issues raised with the Holidays Act Better Rules Process
20 21 612 – David Jenkins response (Better Rules approach)
Open Letter to the Minister on issues raised with the Holidays Act Better Rules Process
21 August 2021 Right Honourable Michael Wood Minister for Workplace Relations and Safety Private Bag 18888 Parliament Buildings Wellington 6160 Open Letter to Michael Wood Minister for Workplace Relations
THE RISE OF THE FAKE PAYROLL CONSULTANT
The Holidays Act is an ongoing nightmare. (Will the government ever release the Holidays Act review? Hope it was a new year’s resolution!) There is a whole industry of people
UPDATES TO A PAYROLL SYSTEM – WHY PAYROLL NEEDS TO BE PROACTIVE
I have stated time and time again that a payroll system is a tool and is not the actual payroll! The payroll practitioner is the one essential part of payroll
TRANSFERING & DONATING LEAVE ENTITLEMENTS EARNED UNDER THE HOLIDAYS ACT– CAN YOU DO IT?
In this post, I want to talk about whether an employee can transfer leave from one company to another, or from one country to another. And I’ll also consider whether
WHAT GIVING TEN DAYS SICK LEAVE MEANS FOR PAYROLL
The government has introduced the Holidays (Increasing Sick Leave) Amendment Bill and has stated it will go through the full select committee process before becoming law later in 2021 (not
WHAT IT ACTUALLY MEANS IN PAYROLL WHEN AN EMPLOYEE GETS ADDITIONAL ANNUAL HOLIDAYS
So, for my first post of 2021, I want to clarify a few points, which from my experience, are not understood or applied correctly in payroll when additional annual holidays