Please note: In NZPPA’s experience of working with employers and professional payroll practitioners, their focus is always to do the best for employees by following the law and paying staff correctly and on time. In relation to how MBIE reports the cases they are involved in and the way in which some political parties promote […]
Month: July 2017
MBIE’s new Holidays Act 2003 Guidance on annual holidays and related provisions – “err on the side of caution”
A couple of things to make clear from the start: Firstly, NZPPA is not stating don’t use this guidance. There are some useful points to back up areas that have been used in payroll for many years when working with the Holidays Act, but up to this time there has been little in the way […]
Sir Michael Cullen: Make KiwiSaver compulsory
It’s time to make KiwiSaver compulsory, and its incentives should be lifted again to help low- and middle-income savers, says the scheme’s architect, Sir Michael Cullen. Cullen was Finance Minister in the Labour Government which launched the retirement saving scheme 10 years ago today. KiwiSaver now has more than 2.7 million members and over $40 […]
Important to know for PAYROLL – MBIE: New Holidays Act 2003 guidance available online
New guidance intended to help employers, employees and payroll providers in applying aspects of the Holidays Act 2003 is now available online. The Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) has published new guidance intended to help employers, employees and payroll providers in applying aspects of the Holidays Act 2003 (the Act), as part of […]