Holidays Act and Other Payroll Information

 

 

Holidays Act Online

Click here for the full text of the Holidays Act, with links to each section

 

Employment NZ Website

(Used to be Department of Labour)

Click here to go to www.employment.govt.nz

 

Pay As You Go Holidays

When pay-as-you-go provisions can be used

Employees on genuine fixed term agreements

Moving from fixed term to permanent employment with the same employer

Where the fixed term agreement is not genuine or exceeds 12 months

Issues to consider with pay-as-you-go arrangements

Employees with a work pattern that is intermittent or irregular (genuine casual work)

Examples of genuinely irregular or intermittent employment