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  Holidays Act 2003   Public Holiday Worked   Annual Holiday Payments   Time Bank
  Public Holiday Entitlements   Alternative Holidays   Sick Leave   Holiday & Leave Contents
  Public Holiday Taken   Annual Holiday Entitlements   Bereavement Leave  

Use this method for an employee who did not work on the public holiday, but would have worked had the day not been a public holiday.

An employee is not entitled to payment if the public holiday falls on a day that would not otherwise have been a working day for the employee.

The method is accessed by clicking the Leave button on the Pay Calculation screen, then selecting Public Holiday Taken.



  • On entry to the method, Ace Payroll checks for the existence of an Employee Leave Profile.

  • A leave profile assists with many of the decisions relating to payment for public holidays.

  • Our Employee Leave Profile FAQ provides more information on this feature.



The following screen is shown

In the above screen note the following

  • All New Zealand public holidays within the pay period are shown.

  • If an Employee Leave Profile has been entered, then provincial anniversary days that do not apply to the employee are excluded.

  • The right hand comment field reminds you of the status of the day, as entered in the employee leave profile.

  • The blue text links allow you to select a different date or change the employee leave profile.

From this screen, confirm your intention to pay the employee by ticking the cross, then click Next.



  • The final step is to pay the employee for the public holiday taken.

  • From the following screen, select the relevant payment method.

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  Holiday pay - daily rates   Changing holiday from 8% each pay
  Using the leave calendar   Termination 8% Part Year Payment
  Employee leave profile   Leave owing report is estimate
  Taxing of holiday pay   Holiday pay miscellaneous
  Alphabetical Index FAQ Questions FAQ Contents Back to top
More on the Holidays Act

  Annual Leave Changes 2007 - Ace Payroll   No penal payments if called back from leave
  Annual Leave Changes 2007 - Auckland Chamber of Commerce   Payments for statutory holidays
  Holiday and leave contents   Holiday pay entitlements
  Holidays Act 2003 full text   Annual compulsory closedowns
  Relevant Daily Pay - Irregular Work Pattern   Holiday pay miscellaneous
  Heinz Wattie day definition   ERS - How is holiday pay worked out?
  Employment Relations Service FAQ's   Taxing of holiday pay
  Employee can go fishing while sick   Public holiday entitlements
  No holiday pay on redundancy   Time Bank
  Annual leave accumulates until taken   How to manually change from 4 to 5 weeks
  Alphabetical Index   Case Law Back to top
More on Public Holidays

  Public Holiday Taken   Christmas New Year
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  Default Provincial Anniversary   ANZAC Day
  Public Holiday Calendar   Public holiday entitlements
  Easter Holidays   Employment Relations Service FAQ's
  Easter Sunday - Retailers and Retail Workers   Allowing alternative holidays
  Waitangi Day   Time Bank
  Alphabetical Index   Case Law Back to top
Other Leave Sections
  Holidays Act 2003   Public Holiday Worked   Annual Holiday Payments   Time Bank
  Public Holiday Entitlements   Alternative Holidays   Sick Leave   Holiday & Leave Contents
  Public Holiday Taken   Annual Holiday Entitlements   Bereavement Leave  
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