The Government has introduced the Employment Leave Bill, which would change the legal entitlements to annual and sick leave, especially for people working part time, irregular hours or paid irregular rates.
Read the PSA's submission on the bill
This bill will not override collective agreements If this bill become law, it will set the legal minimum provisions for leave. We can still negotiate better terms for leave in collective agreements, and the law won’t override existing collectives.
What the bill would change The table below summarises key changes proposed by the Employment Leave Bill.
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Current law
Proposed law
What this change means
Everyone is guaranteed at least four weeks annual leave and ten days sick
leave a year.
You earn annual and sick leave for “standard” hours you’re
required to work under your employment agreement.
You will not earn leave for additional hours worked, instead you get a 12.5% “leave compensation
payment”.
People who regularly work over their “standard hours” will get less leave.
E.g. Someone who works 30 standard hours and 10 overtime hours a week will get 25% less sick leave
than someone who works 40 standard hours a week.
Leave pay is calculated so you’re paid at least as much on leave as you are when you’re working.
You will be paid a base rate plus any fixed allowances that you get every
pay.
Pay cuts for anyone who gets overtime, allowances you don’t get
every pay, extra pay for working anti-social hours, commissions, or bonuses.
ACC compensation does not affect your annual or sick leave.
You would not earn annual or sick leave while you’re on ACC compensation.
Anyone who’s badly injured ends up with less leave.
You get a day in lieu if you work at all on a public holiday.
You would get an hour in lieu for every hour you work on a public holiday.
If you work a shorter shift on a public holiday than you normally do, you will
no longer get a full day off to compensate.
We're asking MPs to pledge their opposition to this bill We're asking MPs to sign a pledge that they will not make the lives of working people worse by supporting this bill. You can see who's signed the pledge on our social media:
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Here's the full text of the pledge:
“I support the right of all workers to have time off work. All workers need annual leave, sick leave, bereavement leave and family violence leave. I will not support any bill that reduces workers’ entitlements to leave.”
Has your local MP signed the pledge? Check the tables below to find your electorate MP and see whether they've pledges to protect workers' right to leave.
North Island General Electorates
Northland
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Electorate
MP
Have they signed?
Northland
Grant McCallum (National)
No
Whangārei
Shane Reti (National)
No
Auckland
Electorate
MP
Have they signed?
Auckland Central
Chlöe Swarbrick (Green)
Yes
Botany
Christopher Luxon (National)
No
East Coast Bays
Erica Stanford (National)
No
Epsom
David Seymour (ACT)
No
Kaipara ki Mahurangi
Chris Penk (National)
No
Kelston
Carmel Sepuloni (Labour)
Yes
Māngere
Lemauga Lydia Sosene (Labour)
No
Manurewa
Arena Williams (Labour)
No
Maungakiekie
Greg Fleming (National)
No
Mt Albert
Helen White (Labour)
Yes
Mt Roskill
Carlos Cheung (National)
No
New Lynn
Paulo Garcia (National)
No
North Shore
Simon Watts (National)
No
Northcote
Dan Bidois (National)
No
Pakuranga
Simeon Brown (National)
No
Panmure-Ōtāhuhu
Jenny Salesa (Labour)
Yes
Papakura
Judith Collins
No
Takanini
Rima Nakhle (National)
No
Tāmaki
Brooke van Velden (ACT)
No
Te Atatū
Phil Twyford (Labour)
No
Upper Harbour
Cameron Brewer (National)
No
Whangaparāoa
Mark Mitchell (National)
No
Waikato
Electorate
MP
Have they signed?
Coromandel
Scott Simpson (National)
No
Hamilton East
Ryan Hamilton (National)
No
Hamilton West
Tama Potaka (National)
No
Port Waikato
Andrew Bayly (National)
No
Taupō
Louise Upston (National)
No
Waikato
Tim van de Molen (National)
No
Bay of Plenty
Electorate
MP
Have they signed?
Bay of Plenty
Tom Rutherford (National)
No
East Coast
Dana Kirkpatrick (National)
No
Rotorua
Todd McClay (National)
No
Tauranga
Sam Uffindell (National)
No
Hawke's Bay
Electorate
MP
Have they signed?
Napier
Katie Nimon (National)
No
Tukituki
Catherine Wedd (National)
No
Taranaki
Electorate
MP
Have they signed?
New Plymouth
David MacLeod (National)
No
Taranaki-King Country
Barbara Kuriger (National)
No
Manawatū-Whanganui
Electorate
MP
Have they signed?
Palmerston North
Tangi Utikere (Labour)
Yes
Rangitīkei
Suze Redmayne (National)
No
Whanganui
Carl Bates (National)
No
Wellington
Electorate
MP
Have they signed?
Hutt South
Chris Bishop (National)
No
Mana
Barbara Edmonds (Labour)
Yes
Ōhāriu
Greg O'Connor (Labour)
No
Ōtaki
Tim Costley (National)
No
Remutaka
Chris Hipkins (Labour)
No
Rongotai
Julie Anne Genter (Green)
Yes
Wairarapa
Mike Butterick (National)
No
Wellington Central
Tamatha Paul (Green)
Yes
South Island General Electorates
Nelson / Tasman / West Coast
Electorate
MP
Have they signed?
Nelson
Rachel Boyack (Labour)
Yes
West Coast-Tasman
Maureen Pugh (National)
No
Canterbury
Electorate
MP
Have they signed?
Banks Peninsula
Vanessa Weenink (National)
No
Christchurch Central
Duncan Webb (Labour)
Yes
Christchurch East
Reuben Davidson (Labour)
No
Ilam
Hamish Campbell (National)
No
Kaikōura
Stuart Smith (National)
No
Rangitata
James Meager (National)
No
Selwyn
Nicola Grigg (National)
No
Waimakariri
Matt Doocey (National)
No
Wigram
Megan Woods (Labour)
Yes
Otago & Southland
Electorate
MP
Have they signed?
Dunedin
Rachel Brooking (Labour)
Yes
Invercargill
Penny Simmonds (National)
No
Southland
Joseph Mooney (National)
No
Taieri
Ingrid Leary (Labour)
Yes
Waitaki
Miles Anderson (National)
No
Māori Electorates
Electorate
MP
Have they signed?
Hauraki-Waikato
Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke (Te Pāti Māori)
No
Ikaroa-Rāwhiti
Cushla Tangaere-Manuel (Labour)
No
Tāmaki Makaurau
Oriini Kaipara (Te Pāti Māori)
Yes
Te Tai Hauāuru
Debbie Ngarewa-Packer (Te Pāti Māori)
Yes
Te Tai Tokerau
Mariameno Kapa-Kingi (Independent)
No
Te Tai Tonga
Tākuta Ferris (Independent)
No
Waiariki
Rawiri Waititi (Te Pāti Māori)
No
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