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Holiday and Leave Record

If you currently do not operate a system for recording holiday and leave records create one now and begin using it straight away for every employee.

If you have a system in place ensure it meets the legal requirement. 

  • The name of the employee
  • The date employment commenced
  • The days on which an employee works, if the information is relevant to entitlement or payment under the Holidays Act
  • The date the employee last became entitled to annual holidays
  • The employee's current entitlement to annual holidays
  • The employee's current entitlement to sick leave
  • The dates any annual holiday, sick or bereavement leave was taken
  • The amount of payment for any annual holidays, sick leave and bereavement leave taken
  • The dates of and payment for any public holiday worked
  • The number of hours worked on any public holiday
  • The date on which the employee became entitled to any alternative holiday for any public holiday worked
  • The dates and payment of any public holiday or alternative holiday on which the employee did not work, but for which the employee had an entitlement to payment
  • The cash value of board and lodgings provided
  • The cash value of any alternative holidays that the employee has surrendered for payment
  • The date of termination
  • The amount of pay for holidays on termination.