Public and Annual holidays over the 2024 Christmas period

This year, Christmas Day falls on Wednesday, with Boxing day on Thursday.  The same with New Years Day and The Day After New Years Day (they so need a better name for this day!).  So no Mondayising of any of these public holidays this Christmas. Here is what you need to know about rights for employees and obligations for employers. Payment for working a public holiday Employees must be paid…  Read more

Got employees going on annual leave – when do you need to pay them?

Most people are not aware that technically, legislation says that annual leave payments need to be paid, in full, before an employees leave is taken. Thinking about why this is, takes us back to the days of being paid with a little brown envelope fill of cash, and the fact the employee won’t be here the following pay day to collect that cash.   Yes, that legislation is outdated like a…  Read more

When do I pay my staff over Christmas this year?

With Christmas coming up fast like a freight train without any brakes and the payroll team are working hard to manage all the extra payroll changes over this time.  One of the biggest questions this year is “When do I have to pay my staff?”   With Wednesday and Thursday both being public holidays, and popular days for payment of wages, what happens now that we have 24 hour banking? There…  Read more

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