Termination Essentials

NZPPA Certificate in Payroll Termination Essentials (Level 4)

Final Pay Employee Checklist & Questions to Ask A checklist for a final pay for an employee depends on a range of factors and should be customised to suit the payroll environment. The following example provides a range of questions that can be asked or checked when creating your customised checklist for payroll.

Final Pay Questions

Response/Follow up

Signed off by:

Date:

What is the actual final day of employment for the employee? Is the final day documented? (Form, letter of resignation / termination etc.) Are there any special payments to be made to the employee on termination? What is the reason for the employee leaving? Resignation, Redundancy, Termination based on disciplinary grounds, Death, or for another reason?

If Resignation, what is the employees notice period?

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Will the employee

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work out their notice period?

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