Employment and Payroll Resources
Navigate your way through the ins and outs of managing and paying your team with our range of handy guides, videos and articles.
Blog · Holidays Act
Holiday Pay problems in New Zealand
What’s up with so many New Zealand businesses announcing remedial payments for underpaid holiday pay? How could everyone get the law so wrong? The law in question is the Holidays Act 2003 and in it is a simple principle.
November 29th, 2019
Blog · Payroll & Finance
Labour Day and Payroll
Labour Day. Held on the fourth Monday in October each year, it’s generally the perfect day for cricket, beer and a walk on the beach.
October 28th, 2019
Guide · Team Management
Q & A – Rest & Meal Breaks for NZ Employees
New Zealand employers must provide their staff with paid rest and unpaid meal breaks. The number and duration of breaks depend on the hours worked.
Video · Payroll & Finance
What is ESCT? | Ask PayHero
What is ESCT? ESCT is the tax deducted from employer contributions to your employees' KiwiSaver or superannuation accounts.
Video · Team Management
Understanding Sick Leave
The fact that MBIE is one of the organisations that has had problems correctly working out employees’ holiday pay shows how tricky complying with the Holidays Act
Guide · Team Management
An Employer's Guide to Casual Employees
How do you know if your employees are casual or permanent part time? This is a question we get asked all too often and the answer isn’t always straightforward, so we’ve pulled together a guide to the key differences and entitlements...
News · Hiring & Growth
Wellington Gold Awards
FlexiTime is excited to be a finalist in the 2019 Wellington Gold Awards. We have been nominated in the Cyber Gold category, in association with PWC, dedicated to technology creators in the Wellington region.
Blog · Payroll & Finance
Demystifying the Holidays Act
As all New Zealand employers know, the Holidays Act 2003 is a very challenging piece of legislation. Over the past few years, many organisations have been found not to have complied with the Act, mostly because of mistakes calculating holiday pay.
May 19th, 2019
Jason Ennor
Co-founder and CEO at MyHR
Guide · Payroll & Finance
The Definitive Guide to Payroll Giving
Kiwis are a charitable bunch. The latest figures (from 2014) show that each year we give around $1.5 billion dollars in personal donations to charities and charitable organisations. We often donate to charity on an ad-hoc basis...