New Zealand Acts

HOLIDAYS ACT 2003 - SECT 23

23 Calculation of annual holiday pay if employment ends within 12 months

1 Subsection (2) applies if—

a) the employment of an employee comes to an end; and

b) the employee is not entitled to annual holidays because he or she has worked for less than 12 months for the purposes of section 16 .

2 An employer must pay the employee 8% of the employee’s gross earnings since the commencement of employment, less any amount—

a) paid to the employee for annual holidays taken in advance; or

b) paid in accordance with section 28 .

History: Section 23(2): amended, on 1 April 2007, by section 42 .