HR Practice For Payroll Practitioners

HR Practice for Payroll Practitioners

What does payroll pay?

• There is no notice period for abandonment of employment on termination. • Pay the employee any outstanding payment for work hours (up to the last day they worked). • Pay outstanding leave entitlements. • Anything to be paid as per their employment agreement.

Optional clause:

In some employment agreements, payroll will encounter a clause where if the employee does not work their notice, it can be deducted from the employee's final pay. NZPPA advises that the business needs to contact an employment law representative and discuss this before taking action. It is important to know why the employee did not come back to work.

For additional information, look at this EmploymentNZ reference:

https://www.employment.govt.nz/ending employment/abandonment-of-employment/

© New Zealand Payroll Practitioners Association, Sep 2024, Ver 12

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