4 Weeks Leave

From 1 April 2007 all employees are eligible for a minimum of four weeks annual holidays on the date they next become entitled to annual holidays. On their first pay after 1 April, everyone currently on 3 weeks will be automatically changed to 4 weeks entitlement and their accrual will be updated.

• Your Annual Leave Rules report (now removed) shows the leave entitlement rules changing from 3 to 4 weeks from 1 April 2007. From 1 April 2007, only leave rules that comply with the Holidays Act 2003 may be used on Standard Timesheets.

• Your Projected Leave Liability report (now removed) has details for every person, showing the current liability and projected liability. It is recommended you print or save this report after the last pays for March 2007 are run.

• Once a payroll is opened with a paid to date on or after 1 April 2007, the following applies to the people included in that pay:-
  1. Timesheets: Show the 4 week leave rule (or 8% casual holiday pay).
  2. Payslips: If annual leave balances are displayed including current year accrual, then this now shows the new balance including 4 week accrual since last anniversary.
  3. When the pay is Closed:-
     1. Standard Timesheet: Updated to new 4 week leave rule (eg. AL20) or 8% casual holiday pay (eg. HP8) and change is audited.
     2. Annual Leave Balance: The current year accrual is updated to new accrual.
     3. Annual Leave Accrual History: This will show 4 week leave accrual from last anniversary.

See Annual Holidays - Four Weeks on the Department of Labour's web site for additional background information on this subject.