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The Act also rectified employers underpaying employees for sick days and holidays, particularly in jobs where part of the employee's pay was bonus or performance pay. For instance, if an employee got paid $100 a day, plus $200 a day bonus, the employer could have paid the employee $100 for a sick day, and not $300 as they would have expected of ...
The Holidays Act 2003 gives employees 11 public holidays, 4 weeks of annual leave, 5 sick days, and 3 days bereavement leave. The Parental Leave and Employment Protection Act 1987 gives employees 14 weeks (though increasing to 16 weeks as of 1 April 2015) of government funded parental (maternity) leave (maximum $504 per week). [11]
In addition to the eleven national public holidays, section 44 of the Holidays Act 2003 specifies as public holidays the anniversary days of each province (or the day locally observed as that day) to celebrate the founding days or landing days of the first colonists of the various colonial provinces. [1]:
Holidays Act 2003; The Holidays Act (2003) entitled employees to receive "time and a half" for working on any statutory holiday from 2004 onwards and provided for four weeks' annual leave from 2007 onwards. [24] However, in 2016 MBIE found problems with underpayments on holiday pay due to the complex act, which had not been resolved in 2021. [25]
In 2003, New Zealand decriminalised sex work with the introduction of the Prostitution Reform Act 2003. Following this, in DML v Montgomery and M & T Enterprises Ltd [ 21 ] the plaintiff alleged that the owner of a brothel at which she worked had sexually harassed her, causing humiliation, loss of dignity, and injury to her feelings.
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Employees are entitled between 15 to 30 calendar days of annual leave, depending on the size of the company they work for. [148] They are also entitled to 12 paid public holidays. [11] 11-22 12 23-34 Philippines: Employees are entitled to 5 days of paid service incentive leave per year. [149] Employees are also entitled to 12 paid public ...
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