Holidays Act 2003 No 129 (as at 01 April 2011), Public Act

15 Purpose of this subpart
  • The purpose of this subpart is to—

    • (a) provide all employees with a minimum of 4 weeks’ annual holidays to be paid at the time the holidays are taken; and

    • (b) enable an employee to request that up to 1 week of his or her annual holidays entitlement be paid out; and

    • (c) require employers to pay employees at the end of their employment for annual holidays not taken or paid out; and

    • (d) enable employers to manage their businesses, taking into account the annual holiday entitlements of their employees.

    Section 15: substituted, on 1 April 2011, by section 9 of the Holidays Amendment Act 2010 (2010 No 126).