Holidays and Leave Entitlements
- Start: 9:00am
- End: 1:30pm
- Duration: 4 Hours 30 Min
- Category: Professional Development
- Region: Nationwide
- Online
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Many New Zealand employers struggle with calculating holiday and leave entitlements, resulting in billions of dollars in underpayments.
Avoid repayments and penalties for payroll blunders by paying your employees correctly every time they take paid leave.
Learn how to meet your leave obligations under the current law until the new framework takes effect in August 2028.
Course Overview
If you manage staff leave entitlements or oversee the payroll in your organisation, this is your guide to the Holidays Act 2003.
Co-presented by an Employment Lawyer and Payroll Specialist, this practical course provides a comprehensive overview of holidays and leave entitlements.
Participants will learn how to comply with the Holidays Act 2003 and follow best practice as an employer.
Find out how to manage entitlements, including annual and public holidays, sick leave, family violence leave, bereavement leave, and alternative holidays.
Our Employment Lawyer will discuss how to manage staff requests for leave. Explore ways to budget for annual holidays to reduce leave liability.
Our Payroll Specialist will show you how to correctly calculate annual holidays and public holidays. Avoid payroll blunders with five tips for managing common payroll issues.
Participants will have questions answered, and will find out: How do you calculate holiday pay for employees with variable earnings? What qualifies as an ‘otherwise a working day’ for public holidays? When can you use the ‘Pay as You Go’ option for holiday pay?
This course gives guidance on best practice, including case law updates, on calculating annual holidays for employees earning commission.
Our course will include a summary of the Holidays Act reform, so you can prepare for the upcoming Employment Leave Act.
What to expect
This virtual course is an interactive seminar with questions and answers and case scenarios.
Join Employment Lawyer Julia Shallcrass and Payroll Specialist Kerryn Douglas on this live and virtual half day course. Concepts and case law will be introduced and explained, then applied through scenarios and discussions, so you can confidently manage staff requests and comply with holidays legislation.
Attendees will receive a digital workbook with activities and guidance on holidays legislation. Attendees can ask questions in our Q&A and connect with other attendees in group activities.
Who is this course for?
This course is useful for HR professionals, Payroll, business owners, administrators, and managers who wish to keep up to date with the Holidays Act 2003. It is useful for anyone who wants to know how to comply with minimum holiday and leave entitlements and for correctly managing leave requests in payroll. We will answer your payroll queries.
Testimonials:
“Lots of good information shared by the presenters who were able to answer questions quickly and knowledgeably. No question was a dumb question either. I learnt so much.” Christine, H&S and Personnel Manager
Virtual Fee (includes GST):
HRNZ Member = $368.00
Non-member = $437.00
Feel free to email [email protected] if you need any assistance.
This course is limited to 25 attendees and will be delivered virtually via Zoom.
Virtual courses are not recorded
All personal development events are subject to HRNZ Terms and Conditions.
Registrations close 12:00pm Thursday 8 April unless sold out prior.
Cancellation Policy
An appropriate substitute participant is welcome any time before the course starts. Please let us know the replacement’s name. If you have booked on a member price and a non member is to attend in your place you will be invoiced for the difference in price.
A refund of fees will be made if a cancellation is received in writing at least 10 working days prior to the commencement of the course.
Regrettably, no refunds can be made for cancellations received after this date and you are liable for the full cost of attendance at the course.
Presenter Details
Julia Shallcrass
Julia Shallcrass founded KiwiBoss in 2016 to help employers build their employment law knowledge and people-management skills. KiwiBoss is an employment law and HR training company. Julia brings over 20 years’ legal experience and specialises in training HR professionals, leaders, and managers. For the past decade, Julia has delivered practical, engaging in-house and virtual training throughout New Zealand. She presents courses through HRNZ, Engineering NZ and Business South, and regularly delivers webinars through CCH Learning. Her self-paced programmes include the Leader’s Guide to Performance Management, which helps managers build confidence and address performance issues effectively. Julia was recognised in NZ Lawyer’s Elite Women 2024 and is an employment columnist for the NZ Herald. KiwiBoss was a finalist in The David Awards for small businesses in 2026 and 2024, recognising its contribution to the business community.
Kerryn Douglas
Kerryn Douglas is a payroll consultant specialising in payroll education, compliance, and advisory services. As Director of Kerryn Douglas Payroll Consulting, she is dedicated to helping businesses navigate the complexities of payroll legislation, strengthen compliance, and develop efficient payroll processes. With more than 25 years of payroll experience and having worked with over 500 clients, Kerryn brings extensive practical knowledge across a wide range of industries, payroll systems, and workplace environments. She works with small and medium-sized businesses, large corporates, and educational organisations to improve payroll understanding, reduce compliance risk, and achieve best-practice payroll outcomes. Kerryn's mission is to empower businesses with the knowledge, confidence, and processes required to achieve payroll excellence while remaining compliant in an increasingly complex legislative environment.
