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Next year changes for you and your employees
From 01 April 2026 KiwiSaver Minimum employee and employer contributions increase to 3.5% from 3%. Temporary rate reduction Employees can apply for a temporary rate reduction from 1 February 2026 if they want to carry on contributing at 3%. ...
Christmas & New Year's 2025/2026 – Payroll Processing & Public Holidays
What dates are the public holidays over Christmas and New Year Holiday Period? There are four Public Holidays over this period. 25 December 2025 (Christmas Day) 26 December 2025 (Boxing Day) 1 January 2026 (New Year’s Day) 2 January 2026 (Day after ...
Employment Leave Act
The Government recently announced that the Holidays Act 2003 will be replaced with a new Employment Leave Act, a change strongly supported by iPayroll. Until the Bill has been passed into law, it will be “business as usual” with the current ...
Changes to KiwiSaver coming up in April 2026
As announced in the Budget 2025, changes have been made to KiwiSaver that will affect you and your employees. From 01 April 2026 The default rate of the employee and employer contribution rate will be INCREASED from 3 per cent to 3.5 percent. This ...
Public Holiday - Automatic Processing
Automatic Public Holidays Not Worked Preferences Our payrolls contain National and Regional Public Holiday calendars, you can now choose to automatically add PHNW - Public Holiday (Not Worked) for a pay period includes a public holiday for people ...
Christmas and Holiday Processing Dates
Future or Advanced Payrolls During the holidays the date you need to confirm a pay may change depending on the national public holidays. A list of future processing dates and times is displayed on the dashboard, which you may find helpful for ...