New Sick Leave Entitlement 10 days per year - July 2021
New Legislation Sick Leave 10 days per year
Parliament has passed the Holidays (Increasing Sick Leave) Amendment Bill to increase the minimum employee sick leave entitlement from 5 days to 10 days per year.
From 24 July 2021 any employee reaching a sick leave anniversary (either the 6 months after they started employment or their yearly anniversary) will receive 10 days.
Employees who already get 10 or more sick days on their 6 months or their yearly anniversary will not be affected by this change.
For more information here Sick Leave Legislation at Employment New Zealand
SICK-ENT - iPayroll Standard Pay Element
If you are using the standard SICK-ENT pay element in iPayroll, it will be increased to 10 days on the night of Friday 23 July, any payroll after this will automatically give the new entitlement.
You don't need to do anything but check your set up.
Review your Special or Non Standard Pay Elements
Active Special Pay Elements set up in your payroll (any Leave element that has been created with different rules to the Holidays Act) will need to be checked for compliance.
In iPayroll
- Review your Leave Balances
- Reports > Leave Balances > select Sick Leave
- Download or Print
- Review your Leave Entitlement Rules
- Setup > Pay Elements > Leave > Entitlement Only
- Review your Timesheet Templates
- Reports > HR > Timesheet Templates > tick Show Leave Entitlements > Go
- Download or Print
- Review your Company Defaults
- Setup > Defaults > New Person Defaults > Sick Leave
If your Special Pay Element does not give employees 10 days, you may need to create a new Special Pay Element that meets the Holidays Act and your employment agreement requirements or you may be able to replace your Special Pay Element with the SICK-ENT standard element.
For more information here Create a New Special Pay Element
For more information here Replace Sick Entitlements on Timesheet Templates
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