What you need to know about holidays and leave
Employees having R&R and spending time with their families is vital to your business. It’s also important to know how to assist employees who are sick or suffer a bereavement.
To help you understand your rights and responsibilities the Department of Labour have produced a handy guide called What you need to know about holidays and leave.
Who should read this?
Employers dealing with holidays and leave for staff, whether they are full-time, part-time, permanent, casual or fixed-term employees.
Why is it important?
- To ensure employees receive the leave they are entitled to
- To ensure employees have time to rest and attend to personal and family matters
- To assist employees who are sick or have suffered a bereavement
- To ensure a more productive workplace
- To foster employee loyalty and reduce labour turnover
What you need to do
There are five main steps involved in managing leave for your employees:
- understanding leave entitlements
- calculating leave entitlements
- responding to leave applications
- paying leave
- keeping accurate records.
This brochure provides checklists of the key tasks involved with each step.
You can read the What you need to know about holidays and leave guide on the Department of Labour website.
More detailed information is available in the Holidays and Leave – A Guide for Employers booklet [pdf 332KB]. You can also contact the Department of Labour on 0800 20 90 20 or visit their website www.dol.govt.nz/er
- This information is provided by Department of Labour
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