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  Important changes that will affect payroll effective from 1 April 2023.   Minimum Wages Increases:   Minimum Adult Wage changes from $21.20 to $22.70 per hour Starting Out/Training Wage changes from $16.96 to $18.16 per hour   This comes into...

[DUNCAN COTTERILL] GET READY: MINIMUM WAGE TO INCREASE TO $22.70 PER HOUR ON 1 APRIL 2023 Please note: we have only included the payroll related sections of this article, use the link (below) to the full article. Recent weather has devastated many communities New...

[EMPLOYMENTNZ] FLOODS: EMPLOYMENT GUIDANCE AND SUPPORT What you need to know if you’ve been affected by the floods in Auckland, Waikato, Waitomo or Tairāwhiti. During and after a disaster or emergency, the health, safety and security of people should be the main...

DONATING LEAVE: CAN IT BE DONE, AND WHAT DOES PAYROLL NEED TO KNOW? Author: David Jenkins, NZPPA CEO I get this question from time to time, and it’s great to see that it is usually driven by employees wanting to help colleagues (in a time of need), and payroll is...

[DUNCAN COTTERILL] FAIR PAY AGREEMENTS ACT – WHAT EMPLOYERS NEED TO THINK ABOUT NOW The Fair Pay Agreements Act 2022 has now come into force, representing the biggest change to employment law in 20 years. In short, a fair pay agreement (FPA) will set minimum terms and...

  [DUNCAN COTTERILL] UBER DRIVERS - THE LATEST DECISION IN THE CONTRACTOR OR EMPLOYEE DEBATE The Employment Court has ruled that four Uber drivers, who worked in both the ride sharing and the meal delivery services, were employees rather than independent...

[DELOITTE] ALLOWANCES FOR ADDITIONAL TRANSPORT COSTS By Jess Wheeler & Liam Conaghan Do you pay your employees a travel allowance or are considering paying one as a retention tool in this hot labour market? If so, make sure you read on to see whether this can be...

FAIR PAY AGREEMENT INFORMATION FROM MBIE Note from NZPPA: We have been asked to send this out. Fair pay agreements will impact payroll so you do need to keep this on your payroll radar. As more information is known we will keep you updated. As you may be aware, the...

  COUNCILS VOTE TO SHIFT SOUTH CANTERBURY ANNIVERSARY DAY TO THE 11TH NOVEMBER 2022 With the Queens Memorial public holiday having to have happened on the 26 September it meant that the Canterbury Anniversary Day (Province holiday) also set to be held on the 26...

Update from the IRD re:  PayDay Filing     Good Morning.   We have recently made a change to the way future dated payday returns are processed.   We have changed the way we process early filed Payday returns. This is because processing these when...