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Labour Day 2010
History

The first Labour Day in New Zealand was celebrated on 28 October 1890, when several thousand trade union members and supporters attended parades in the main centres. Government employees were given the day off to attend. It celebrated the struggle for an eight-hour working day, a right that New Zealand workers had been among the first in the world to claim, when in 1840 the carpenter Samuel Parnell had won an eight-hour day in Wellington.

The Labour Day Act of 1899 created a statutory public holiday, which was first celebrated in 1900 and 'Mondayised' in 1910.

For more information on the history of Labour Day, see NZHistory.net.nz.

Date Observed
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  • Labour Day is always observed on the 4th Monday in October. This year it falls on Monday 25th October 2010.

  • The only way it can be observed on a different date is if substituted by an employment agreement.

  • To check the date on which it falls in future years, see the Public Holiday Calendar FAQ.

Public Holidays In Ace Payroll
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To pay an employee for a public holiday, from the Pay Calculation screen click Leave , then select either Public Holiday Taken or Public Holiday Worked.





For every employee, there are only three possibilities



Public Holiday Taken

  • Select this option if the employee did not work on the public holiday, but would have worked had the day not been a public holiday.

  • For detailed documentation, see the Public Holiday Taken FAQ.



Public Holiday Worked

  • This option applies to any employee that worked some or all of a public holiday.

  • For detailed documentation, see the Public Holiday Worked FAQ.



Not Entitled To Public Holiday

  • If the public holiday falls on a day that would not otherwise have been a working day for the employee, do nothing.

  • The employee is not entitled to any sort of payment in these circumstances.

More on processing holiday pays

  52 week history not required   Annual compulsory closedowns
  Holiday pay - daily rates   Changing holiday from 8% each pay
  Using the leave calendar   Termination 8% Part Year Payment
  Employee leave profile   Leave owing report is estimate
  Taxing of holiday pay   Holiday pay miscellaneous
  Alphabetical Index FAQ Questions FAQ Contents Back to top
More on the Holidays Act

  Annual Leave Changes 2007 - Ace Payroll   No penal payments if called back from leave
  Annual Leave Changes 2007 - Auckland Chamber of Commerce   Payments for statutory holidays
  Holiday and leave contents   Holiday pay entitlements
  Holidays Act 2003 full text   Annual compulsory closedowns
  Relevant Daily Pay - Irregular Work Pattern   Holiday pay miscellaneous
  Heinz Wattie day definition   ERS - How is holiday pay worked out?
  Employment Relations Service FAQ's   Taxing of holiday pay
  Employee can go fishing while sick   Public holiday entitlements
  No holiday pay on redundancy   Time Bank
  Annual leave accumulates until taken   How to manually change from 4 to 5 weeks
  Alphabetical Index   Case Law Back to top
More on Public Holidays

  Public Holiday Taken   Christmas New Year
  Public Holiday Worked   Labour Day
  Sick Leave On Public Holiday   Queen's Birthday
  Default Provincial Anniversary   ANZAC Day
  Public Holiday Calendar   Public holiday entitlements
  Easter Holidays   Employment Relations Service FAQ's
  Easter Sunday - Retailers and Retail Workers   Allowing alternative holidays
  Waitangi Day   Time Bank
  Alphabetical Index   Case Law Back to top
Other Leave Sections
  Holidays Act 2003   Public Holiday Worked   Annual Holiday Payments   Time Bank
  Public Holiday Entitlements   Alternative Holidays   Sick Leave   Holiday & Leave Contents
  Public Holiday Taken   Annual Holiday Entitlements   Bereavement Leave  
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