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Holidays and leave
Annual holidays
Establishing entitlements
Payment for annual holidays
Employees after completion of 12 months' service
Employees during their first year of service
Employees who take annual holidays in advance of entitlement
Employees taking parental leave
On an employee's resignation or termination
Employees on genuine fixed-term agreements
Moving from fixed-term to permanent employment with the same employer
Where the fixed-term agreement is not genuine or exceeds one year
Employees with intermittent or irregular work patterns
When should annual holiday pay be paid?
Regular annual closedowns
Unpaid leave on annual holidays
Cashing-up annual holidays
Employment agreements
Payment for other holidays and leave
Public holidays
Transferring a public holiday
Taking a public holiday
Public holidays during a close-down period
Payment when employee does not work on a public holiday
Payment for working on public holidays
Payment where an employee is sick or bereaved on a public holiday
Alternative holidays for working public holidays
Requirement to work on a public holiday
Employment agreements
Effect of various work patterns
Public holiday dates
Current public holidays
Future public holidays
Past public holiday
Shop opening hours
Shop trading - Area exemptions
Sick leave
Relationship to ACC entitlements
Payment for sick leave
Informing the employer and proof of illness
Effect of various work patterns
Bereavement leave
Using bereavement leave
Payment for bereavement leave
Payment where an employee is sick or bereaved on a public holiday
Effect of various work patterns
Employment agreement
Parental leave
Who can take parental leave
Adoptive parents
Employee
Self-employed
Fixed term rights
Junior doctors and teachers
What paid and unpaid leave is available
Parental leave provisions in employment agreements
Applying for parental leave and payments
Redundancy during pregnancy or leave
Employer responsibilities
Which employees are eligible
Obligations under the parental leave legislation
Managing an employee's return to work
Problem solving and help
Calculate employee's income for
Information for JPs and Accountants
Self-employed parental leave
Who can take parental leave
How to apply
How to apply - partners/fathers
Availablility for self-employed partners or fathers
Applying for payment
When leave starts
Infant feeding at work
Returning to work
Managing an employee's return to work
Resolving issues
Taxpayer-funded paid parental leave
Paid parental leave calculators
Forms and sample letters
Entitlements on resignation
Annual holidays
Public holidays
Alternative holidays
Sick leave and bereavement leave
Recording requirements
Managing changes to employment agreements
Employment relations education leave
Defence force volunteers
Resolving problems
Holidays and leave tool
Employer responsibilities on parental leave
Which employees are eligible
Employer obligations under the legislation
Managing an employee's return to work
Problem solving and help
Calculating employee’s income for the application form
Tools
Holidays and leave tool
Paid parental leave calculator
Frequently asked questions
Resources
Holidays and Leave [PDF 32 pages, 622KB]
Parental leave guide [PDF 692Kb]
Parental leave - forms
Parental leave - sample letters for employees
Parental leave - summary of paid and unpaid parental leave entitlements
Redundancy support from Work and Income [external site]