holidays act 2003 fact sheets

annual holidays

• general entitlements
• calculating “ordinary weekly pay” and “average weekly earning”
• employees who take annual holidays in advance of entitlement
• when pay-as-you-go provisions can be used
• regular annual closedowns
• effect of unpaid leave
• four weeks
• employees with irregular or changing work pattern
• interface with other types of holiday and leave

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public holidays

• general entitlements
• payment
• alternative holidays (days in lieu) for employees who work on public holidays payment
• entitlements for employees working shifts or on call
• calculating payment for public holidays – “relevant daily pay" time and a half payment for time worked
• time and a half for time worked

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sick & bereavement leave

• sick leave-general entitlements
• sick leave- interface with ACC
• bereavement leave-general entitlements
• calculating payment for sick and bereavement leave – “relevant daily pay”

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general

• entitlements on an employee’s resignation or termination
• record keeping
• managing changes
• transitional arrangements – managing the change from the Holidays Act 1981 to the Holidays Act 2003

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This page was last updated on: 22-Aug-2007 and is current.