New Zealand Immigration Update:holiday payUpdate This update is for employers enforcing a mandatory close-down period over the Christmas break, and who hire migrant workers on temporary entry visas. Issue Immigration New Zealand typically requires employers to pay employees on work visas for a minimum of 30 hours work each week. Employers may have employees on work visas who do not have sufficient annual leave to take paid holidays over this period. This is particularly the case for new-hires, who have not had time to accumulate the required annual leave. We have been asked whether it is necessary to pay impacted employees on work visas for a full 30 hour week, despite not having the annual leave to cover this. Our advice You do not need to pay these employees for 30 hours weekly, if they do not have the required annual leave. There are two options for impacted employers:
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