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CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS

 

Yo, ho, ho …Merry Christmas.  Yes, it’s that time of year again and so a reminder of how the public holidays work.

 

Christmas Day and New Years Day are both on a Friday this year which means that Boxing Day and the 2nd of January are on Saturdays. 

 

Christmas Day and New Years Day will be the Fridays and do not move.  So if you have staff who would not normally work on the Friday and don’t work, then they don’t get paid and the days don’t move.   Any staff member who works on either or both of these days is paid like any other public holiday.   

 

If your staff would normally work on Boxing Day and 2nd January then either you pay them for the day off or if they work, you pay them like any other public holiday.  However, if you have staff who don’t normally work on the Saturdays then they get to move their days to the following Monday and have their public holiday on the 28th December and the 4th January.

 

Any staff member is only entitled to four public holidays over the period, regardless of normal working pattern. Click here for more information

 



MINIMUM WAGE INCREASE

The Adult Minimum Wage has increased from $12.00 to $12.50 an hour, and the New Entrants Minimum Wage increases to $10.00, click here.


PUBLIC HOLIDAYS CANNOT BE MOVED

A recent Supreme Court decision means that employers and employees can no longer transfer public holidays to a day which suits them.  They will have to observe the holiday on the day stated in the Holidays Act 2003.  For more information on public holidays, click here.


FLEXIBLE WORKING ARRANGEMENTS ACT 

The Employment Relations (Flexible Working Arrangements) Amendment Act 2007 has been passed and will come into effect on 1 July 2008.  This could have great implications on the freedom certain employees have to arrange their working hours around responsibilities they have towards people in their care.

Employers will not have to honour every employee's request to change their working arrangements, however they would have to have a good reason to decline such a request. 

To read more on the particulars surrounding the Act, click here

 
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