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Christmas and New Year
Holidays and Leave
This year’s Christmas and New Year public holidays are a bit tricky as they fall partially on the weekend.
The public holidays for Christmas and New Year’s Day fall on a Friday and are observed on the days they fall. That part is easy.
Boxing Day and the Day After New Year’s Day [...]

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The latest stats are below but you can read the full report HERE.
Wage Growth Report — September 2009 Quarter

Annual wage growth in the adjusted Labour Cost Index was 2.1% in the September 2009 quarter, the lowest growth rate since 2002.

The adjusted Labour Cost Index showed annual wage growth was the strongest in the education [...]

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The Labour Department describes as the ‘Pay-as-you-go‘ method of paying Holiday Pay and there are only two situations when it is permissable.
Pay-as-you-go annual holiday pay is where an employee receives their holiday pay (calculated at a minimum of 8% of the gross earnings) added on top of and paid with their regular pay.
Under the Holidays [...]

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Labour Department – what was your experience?

Hopefully most employers and employees are aware of the Department of Labour and the services they provide, if not then you should be.
The main website provides a range of very useful tools for employers and employees such as:

Employment Agreement Builder
Holidays Online Tools & Calculators
Parental Leave Calculators
Ask a Question
Workplace Productivity Snapshot, and
Hazard Handler

In addition their other [...]

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