Holidays and Leave Entitlements

Many New Zealand employers are confused about how to calculate holiday and leave entitlements resulting in underpaying more than 700,000 employees.
Avoid repayments and penalties for payroll blunders by paying your employees correctly every time they take paid leave.
Course Overview
If you manage staff leave entitlements or oversee the payroll in your organisation, this is your guide to the Holidays Act 2003.
Co-presented by an Employment Lawyer and Payroll Specialist, this practical course provides a comprehensive overview of holidays and leave entitlements.
Participants will gain an understanding of how to comply with Holidays Act 2003 to be a best practice employer.
Find out how to manage entitlements, including annual and public holidays, sick leave, family violence leave, bereavement leave, and alternative holidays.
Our Employment Lawyer will discuss how to manage staff requests for leave. Explore ways to budget for annual holidays to reduce leave liability.
Our Payroll Specialist will show you how to correctly calculate annual holidays and public holidays. Avoid payroll blunders with 5 tips for managing common payroll issues.
Participants will have questions answered, and will find out: When will staff be entitled to the new public holiday for Matariki? What is ‘otherwise a working day’ for public holidays? When can you “Pay as you go”?
This course will guide you on best practice, with case law updates on how to calculate annual holidays when staff receive commission, or public holidays when their pay varies.
We will consider the Taskforce Recommendations, so you can prepare for the upcoming overhaul of the Holidays Act (you will receive a complimentary recording of a webinar about those recommendations).
What to expect
This virtual course is an interactive seminar with questions and answers and case scenarios.
Join Employment Lawyer Julia Shallcrass and Payroll Specialist Kerryn Douglas on this live and virtual half day course. Concepts and case law will be introduced and explained, then applied through scenarios and discussions, so you can confidently manage staff requests and comply with holidays legislation.
Attendees will receive a digital workbook with activities and guidance on holidays legislation. Attendees can ask questions in our Q&A and connect with other attendees in group activities.
Who is this course for?
This course is useful for HR professionals, Payroll, business owners, administrators, and managers who wish to keep up to date with the Holidays Act 2003. It is useful for anyone who wants to know how to comply with minimum holiday and leave entitlements and for correctly managing leave requests in payroll. We will answer your payroll queries.

Testimonials
“Filled my gaps in knowledge of the act. This is a pretty dry topic and Julia and Kerryn did a fantastic job in bringing the topic alive.  I didn't expect to stay engaged for the whole webinar, but I was.” Nichola, People & Development Manager
“Facilitators were really nice and informative - made me feel comfortable and I felt I could trust they knew what they were talking about.” Angela, Assistant Accountant
“I found it engaging and felt it was well presented and presenters were knowledgeable. Very helpful!” Fiona, Kaiwhakahaere Pūkete - Finance

Virtual Fee (includes GST):

• HRNZ Member = $368.00
• Non-member = $437.00

Feel free to email [email protected] if you need any assistance.
This course is limited to 25 attendees and will be delivered virtually via Zoom.
All personal development events are subject to HRNZ Terms and Conditions.
Registrations close 12:00pm Thursday 21 November unless sold out prior.
Cancellation Policy
An appropriate substitute participant is welcome any time before the course starts. Please let us know the replacement’s name. If you have booked on a member price and a non member is to attend in your place you will be invoiced for the difference in price.
A refund of fees will be made if a cancellation is received in writing at least 10 working days prior to the commencement of the course.
Regrettably, no refunds can be made for cancellations received after this date and you are liable for the full cost of attendance at the course.