Employees' right to public holiday payments during the covid-19 lockdown

As the Easter holidays are approaching, there is a lot of confusion around how to pay employees correctly while New Zealand businesses are under Covid Alert Level 4 lockdown.

A preliminary point to note is that although the situation is novel, and not one that current legislation (or relevant interpreting case law) directly caters for, all standard employment law rules must still apply.

This means that legislation such as the Employment Relations Act 2000, the Holidays Act 2003 and the Minimum Wage Act 1983 are still in force.

Read the full article by Lane Neave...