Employee entitlements
Employees have certain legal entitlements and employers must comply with these requirements. Employee regulations and entitlements cover holidays, pay and wages, leave, paid parental leave, human rights, and employment agreements. This is an introduction to employee entitlements.
All employees in New Zealand have certain legal minimum entitlements to do with holidays, leave, pay, human rights and union membership. Employers must meet these minimum conditions, but they can also choose to provide their employees with better ones
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Employees who are responsible for caring for another person have the right to request flexible working arrangements under the Employment Relations (Flexible Working Arrangements) Amendment Act 2007. And as an employer you must seriously consider a request made by an eligible employee. This information gives an outline of employees’ entitlements and provides answers to some commonly asked questions.
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Employers play an important role when it comes to administrating KiwiSaver for their staff. This website explains what your responsibilities are and how to manage them.
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Find out more about free resources to help your staff to get sorted with KiwiSaver, available on the online independent money guide 'sorted.org.nz' .
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All employees have a legal entitlement to take holidays and leave. This information will help employers and staff better understand their rights and responsibilities under the Holidays Act, and the Holidays Amendment Act. It includes information on the change to four weeks annual leave, sick leave, bereavement leave, and links to a useful tool to help you work out your entitlements.
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This simple online tool can help employers work out if an employee is entitled to a paid public holiday, sick day or bereavement leave. You can also use it to calculate how much to pay an employee entitled to leave. Developed by the Department of Labour, it covers employee entitlements under the Holidays Act 2003.
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Facts and forms that employees are required to give their employees about paid parental leave under the Parental Leave and Employment Protection Act.
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In New Zealand adult employees must be paid at least the legal minimum wage of $12.50 an hour (before tax). The minimum wage generally applies to all workers aged 16 years or older, including home workers, casual, temporary and part-time workers. For some workers aged 16 and 17 years the New Entrants minimum wage of $10.00 an hour (before tax) may apply.
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An employer must allow a maximum number of days' leave a year for the training of health and safety representatives. This article explains how you calculate the number of days' leave and has a link to a list of approved courses.
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Rested employees are safe, healthy and more productive. As an employer you’re required to provide your staff with paid rest breaks and unpaid meal breaks. Read this article to work out the length and number of breaks your employees are entitled to during their work period.
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Under the Employment Relations Act union members who are covered by collective agreements are able to take paid leave for employment relations education (ERE). This article outlines what ERE means for employers.
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A list of public holiday dates for New Zealand between the years of 2006 and 2009.
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