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Our new Holidays Online Tool makes it easy to work out what pay and leave an employee is entitled to on public holidays. You can also use it to work out sick and bereavement leave entitlements. It’s confidential – you don’t have to sign in and no one else sees your results. Make sure you have payroll information or a payslip handy when you use the tool.

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Latest Updates:
From 1 April 2008, there will be changes to minimum wage laws.  There will no longer be a minimum wage for youth, except for new entrants.  Find out if you will be a new entrant.
From 1 April 2008, the minimum wage for employees aged 16 years and over will rise to $12.00 an hour before tax. The training wage will rise to $9.60 an hour before tax on 1 April, 2008.
In light of a recent Supreme Court decision, an employer and employee cannot agree to transfer a public holiday from the day listed in the Holidays Act 2003 to another day. Information on when public holidays must be observed is available here and was updated 4 December 2007.
From 1 April 2007, all employees start becoming entitled to at least four weeks paid annual leave a year.

The employment rights of people with disabilities are changing. See

Kiwisaver Scheme

Paid parental leave for the self-employed
Shop trading restrictions factsheet
Easter and Anzac day paid holiday entitlements.
Includes special information for retailers and retail workers.
 
 
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