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Christmas and the New Year holidays are upon us and hopefully you are all turning your minds to a relaxing break and the build up to the holiday season is not proving too stressful. 

We close our doors for the holiday season on Wednesday 23 December and re-open Monday 11 January.  Remember though that our website is open 24/7 and if you have a query during that time just drop us an e-mail to info@No8hr.co.nz and we will come back to you.

Equally, the dairy recruitment season is upon us and if you wish to register a vacancy this can be done on-line and we will speak to you on the 11th to finalise the details before it is published.

In the meantime, wishing you all a happy and safe holiday season and may the start of 2010 for you all be bright and prosperous.

From The Team at No8HR

As we approach that time of year when statutory holidays prevail here are some timely reminders around how to calculate statutory holiday pay entitlements.  

• Whatever you have in your employment agreements (provided it is not less than the legal entitlement) prevails, so have a good look at your employment agreement to make sure any payments you are making for statutory days are in line with what is written down.
• An employee is entitled to a statutory holiday provided the day would have otherwise been worked by them (i.e. it is part of their normal work pattern / shift).   The exception around Christmas and New Year holidays this year is that Boxing Day and the day after New Year, which both fall on a Saturday,  ‘transfer’ to the following Monday if the employee is on a normal Monday to Friday working week.

This means that all employees are entitled to four days statutory holidays, regardless of their working pattern. 

Example One:
If my roster falls as me working Friday 25th and Saturday 26th December and I am required to work Saturday 26th December, then the Saturday is counted as my statutory day and I am entitled to a day off in lieu of working it.

Example Two: 
If I normally work Monday to Friday then Monday the 28th December is counted as a statutory day and, if I am required to work, I am entitled to a day off in lieu at another time.

An employee can’t count both the Saturday and Monday as ‘boxing day,’ it would be one or the other depending upon their normal work pattern.

Minimum payment entitlements are:

• Payment of time and one half for any hours actually worked on a statutory holiday.
• A day off in lieu to be taken at an agreed date

If you have any queries about statutory holiday payments or entitlements then please contact us and remember, No8HR can take these headaches away by managing your payroll for you.  Talk to us today for more information on how we can help.