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 contractors (E Tū Incorporated & another v Rasier Operations BV & others [2022] NZEmpC 192). This will have significant implications for minimum wage, holidays, sick leave, and other entitlements […]
Annual Leave
The accrual of annual leave is very important both for the employee and the employer. The employee wants to be assured they are receiving the correct amount of days and the employer wants to be assured they are not paying too much. For all employees on a permanent contract we need to know the number […]
IRD Mileage rate for motor vehicles increased from 2012 Tax Year
This will be of interst to those of you who pay a mileage allowance – I have copied this straight from the IRD newsletter. The motor vehicle mileage rate has been reviewed to reflect the average cost of running a motor vehicle, including the average fuel prices. The mileage rate for the 2012 income […]
ACC REBATE FOR THE 2012 YEAR
For those of you who have earnt over the threshold of $111,669 from one source of income for the 2012 tax year, you may be due a refund. Any earnings over this amount are not liable for the ACC levy which is part of your PAYE deduction taken each payday. The levy for the 2012 […]
Child Support Changes to go ahead ……
The following has been taken from the IRD’s website and will be of interest to some of your employees. Minister of Revenue Peter Dunne has announced that changes to the way the child support scheme is administered will proceed, with legislation likely to be introduced in the next few months. For more information see the […]
Does an employee get paid for Monday when they are unable to get to work due to the snow !
This extract is from the Chamber of Commerce, it will help answer your question on whether or not to pay your employee if they were unable to come to work on Monday due to the snow. Paying staff during snow disruption Many businesses will be experiencing disruption to their normal staffing levels due to the recent […]
Easter Sunday is NOT a Public Holiday
There always seems to be a lot of confusion over whether Easter Sunday is a Public Holiday and what your employees are entitled to be paid. Easter Sunday is NOT treated as a public holiday under the Holidays Act 2003 – Refer to the informative Department of Labour link below: http://www.dol.govt.nz/workplace/knowledgebase/item/1245
Exciting News on Health Benefits for Ezypay Clients
Ezypay approached a number of Health Insurance providers to see what they could do for our clients. Unimed have come back to us and are treating Ezypay as one large employer based on the number of employees we pay for our 140 odd clients. The Group benefits are available to all our clients, regardless of […]
Can my employees ring you to query information?
As a rule no as we have no way of guaranteeing that the person on the end of the phone is who they say they are. We work on the basis that the client nominates who corresponds with us and we only accept requests from these people.
