Leave entitlements change as of July

Leave entitlements change as of July

Parliament has passed legislation to increase the minimum employee sick leave entitlement from 5 days to 10 days per year.

Most employees who have worked for an employer for six months or over are entitled to sick leave if they, or a dependent, are sick or injured. Currently, employees are entitled to 5 days of sick leave per year; however, from 24 July 2021 this will increase to 10 days per year.

Employees will get the extra five days when they reach their next entitlement date – either after reaching 6 months’ employment or on their sick leave entitlement anniversary (12 months after they were last entitled to sick leave).

For more click the link https://www.employment.govt.nz/about/news-and-updates/minimum-sick-leave-entitlement-increase-to-10-days