Just a big thank you to our members for their support as NZPPA has reached and surpassed the 1000+ member mark. NZPPA was formed in 2007 to develop and gain recognition for the important work payroll professionals do. We have been steadily working towards payroll becoming a recognised profession in its own right in New […]
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Fixing the Holidays Act 2003 – A way forward, Part 1
Over the next month, I will put forward what NZPPA believes should be done about the Holidays Act 2003. NZPPA does not believe the act will change in the near future as there is no will or conviction from any political party to do so. We doubt it will even be mentioned in this election […]
The Holidays Act is Dumb but this is Dumber!
The Holidays Act 2003 is just plain dumb: it is a total mismatch with the reality of New Zealand workplaces and payroll. In a nutshell: Paying leave entitlements to an employee should be as easy as paying a wage or salary, but with multiple calculations and multiple situations to apply those calculations and variations to, […]
Important to know for NZ Payroll: ACC Earner levy 2017-18 and Schedular Payments Changes
ACC Earner levy 2017-18 and Schedular Payments Changes […]
Living wage rises, amid call to do away with minimum
A leading budget adviser says New Zealand should scrap the minimum wage because it encourages employers to pay staff less than they are worth. It comes as the New Zealand living wage is adjusted in line with movements in wages. It now sits at $20.20, to come into effect on July 1. The original living […]
Why should a payroll system be full of manual workarounds?
The short answer is it should not. In this post NZPPA would like to highlight an issue we are seeing in payroll that undermines its effectiveness in regard to payroll processing cost, accuracy of payroll data and the overall risk to the business. When you buy a payroll system you would expect that the system […]
MBIE’S HOLIDAY ACT RESOURCE MANUALS
NZPPA has spent over 18 months battling to get access to MBIE’s training and resource material on the Holidays Act 2003 (via a OIA complaint to the Ombudsman). It took a judge to get MBIE to provide this material as they used every delaying tactic to try and stop NZPPA to get access. NZPPA wants […]
MBIE ‘well short’ on payroll issue
David Clark, Labour’s spokesperson for economic development, says he’s “very concerned” about the performance of the Ministry for Business, Innovation and Employment after an audit, with the holiday payroll issue still hanging over the super ministry’s head. “The audit we received as part of our briefing is probably the most damning I’ve seen for your […]
Outcome of OIA compliant against MBIE on not releasing information to NZPPA on the Holidays Act 2003
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PAYE reporting – Better administration of PAYE
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