New Zealand Legislation: Acts

17 How employee’s entitlement to annual holidays may be met

• (1) An employer and employee may agree on how an employee’s entitlement to 4 weeks’ annual holidays is to be met based on what genuinely constitutes a working week for the employee.

  (2) If an employer and employee cannot agree on how an employee’s entitlement to 4 weeks’ annual holidays is to be met, a Labour Inspector may determine the matter for them.

  (3) In making a determination, the Labour Inspector may take into account any matters that the Labour Inspector thinks fit, including the matters specified in section 12(3).

  Section 17(1): amended, on 1 April 2007, by section 42.

  Section 17(2): amended, on 1 April 2007, by section 42.