Living and working on a New Zealand dairy farm - Settlement Support
Living and working on a New Zealand dairy farm - Settlement Support
Living and working on a New Zealand dairy farm - Settlement Support
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<strong>New</strong> Zeal<str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> employment law<br />
You are protected by the minimum entitlements in law.<br />
You are entitled to a current written employment agreement, signed by your<br />
employer <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> by you <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> a copy of the agreement for you to keep. An employment<br />
agreement records the terms <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> c<strong>on</strong>diti<strong>on</strong>s of your work with your boss.<br />
Annual holidays<br />
You are entitled to at least four weeks of paid annual holidays <strong>on</strong>ce you<br />
have completed a year of employment. You can take at least two weeks<br />
together if you want. You cannot be forced to cash up any leave. If your<br />
employment is for less than <strong>on</strong>e year you are entitled to be paid holiday<br />
pay at the end of your employment calculated at 8% of your gross<br />
earnings (that is your total income before any tax is taken or other<br />
adjustment made).<br />
If you have a fixed term employment agreement of less than 12 m<strong>on</strong>ths<br />
you can receive 8% of gross earnings (that is your total income before<br />
any tax is taken or other adjustment made) added to your regular pay<br />
instead of paid time off.<br />
Public holidays<br />
In additi<strong>on</strong> to annual holidays, you are also entitled to public holidays.<br />
Where a public holiday falls <strong>on</strong> a day you would normally work you are<br />
entitled to have the day off work <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> be paid as if you had worked it. If<br />
you work <strong>on</strong> a public holiday you are entitled to receive time-<str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g>-a-half<br />
for the hours you work <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> if the public holiday you work <strong>on</strong> is a day you<br />
would normally work then you are also entitled to another day off <strong>on</strong> pay.<br />
<strong>New</strong> Zeal<str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> public holidays are:<br />
Christmas Day<br />
25 December<br />
Boxing Day<br />
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26 December<br />
<strong>New</strong> Year’s Day & the day after 1 <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> 2 January<br />
Waitangi Day<br />
Good Friday & Easter M<strong>on</strong>day<br />
ANZAC Day<br />
6 February<br />
Dates change each year<br />
25 April