{"id":3569,"date":"2021-08-26T16:09:22","date_gmt":"2021-08-26T04:09:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bdsaccountants.co.nz\/?p=3569"},"modified":"2021-08-26T16:09:22","modified_gmt":"2021-08-26T04:09:22","slug":"employment-matters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bdsaccountants.co.nz\/insights\/financeinsight\/employment-matters","title":{"rendered":"Employment Matters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sick leave entitlement changes<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The recent passing of the Holidays (Increasing Sick Leave) Amendment Act increased the employee sick leave entitlement from 5 to 10 days per year.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.business.govt.nz\/news\/2021-law-changes-round-up\/?utm_source=Newsletter&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=BG_July_2021&amp;utm_content=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.business.govt.nz%2Fnews%2F2021-law-changes-round-up%2F\">The change<\/a> comes into effect on 24 July 2021.\u00a0The day in which the employee\u2019s sick leave increases is based on their next entitlement date and not automatically from 24 July.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Median wage increase<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The median wage increased from $25.50 to $27 gross per hour from 19 July 2021.\u00a0This has implications for\u00a0employers who may be intending to employ\u00a0staff on an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.immigration.govt.nz\/new-zealand-visas\/apply-for-a-visa\/tools-and-information\/work-and-employment\/employment-skill-bands\/employment-skill-bands-for-essential-skills-work-visas\">essential skills visa or residence visa<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Covid-19 travel policy<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The current pause in the trans-Tasman bubble and Wellington\u2019s recent alert level change serves as a timely reminder that businesses need to plan for on-going travel uncertainty. Make sure you have an updated travel policy in place that covers what to do when an employee&#8217;s work or personal trip is extended, and the steps that employees should take when travelling in the bubble.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Covid-19 vaccinations and employees<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>As the vaccination programme rolls out across New Zealand, you might be wondering what your obligations are as an employer. Make sure you are clear on what you can and cannot do when it comes to Covid-19 vaccinations and your workers. Employment New Zealand has released some guidelines to help employers understand their role in the vaccination process. The guidelines can be found on their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.employment.govt.nz\/leave-and-holidays\/other-types-of-leave\/coronavirus-workplace\/covid-19-vaccination-and-employment\/\">website<\/a> together with a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.employment.govt.nz\/assets\/Uploads\/tools-and-resources\/documents\/covid-19-vaccines-employment-guidance.pdf\">one-page PDF<\/a> for your workplace.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Sick leave entitlement changes The recent passing of the Holidays (Increasing Sick Leave) Amendment Act increased the employee sick leave entitlement from 5 to 10 days per year.\u00a0The change comes into effect on 24 July 2021.\u00a0The day in which the employee\u2019s sick leave increases is based on their next entitlement date and not automatically &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3564,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[492,500,490,493],"tags":[],"yst_prominent_words":[295],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v14.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Employment Matters - BDS Chartered Accountants<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow\" \/>\n<meta name=\"googlebot\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta name=\"bingbot\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bdsaccountants.co.nz\/insights\/financeinsight\/employment-matters\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Employment Matters - BDS Chartered Accountants\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"&nbsp; 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