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Wendy's (and others) deny staff public holidays

Another example of what appears to be a complete disregard of the Holidays Act. Requiring employees to work on the same day of the week for multiple weeks in order to qualify as a working day and receive an Alternative public holiday is just wrong and now confirmed illegal! Even worse when the roster is deliberately designed to prevent it. If you are rostered to work on a specific day then it must be a working day!

Government Requirements for Employers

Warning: Ransomware is currently flourishing. Do not use links in emails. If it's essential, always go direct to approved websites. Don't accept any web offers to install stuff that you weren't looking for.  Automatic upgrades by installed programs are OK.

The following information is provided in good faith, but In the current lock down state it can change at short notice. Employers should confirm using official sites and/or their lawyer. It has recently been

IRD April 2020 Easter close down update

IRD have confirmed they are doing their stage 4 upgrade to systems over the 7 day period from 3pm on Thursday 9th April until the morning of Thursday, 16 April. (Exact time unknown.)

During this time call centres, website including MyIR Secure Online Services, and Gateway access, will be unavailable.
Customer service counters in all of our offices will remain closed during lock-down.
Payments can still be made

N.B Any uploads to MyIR still in holding

No MyIR filing until April 26

IRD are doing a major upgrade to migrate employee data to their new system from 3pm on Thursday, 18 April to 8am on Friday, 26 April. During this time, myIR secure online services will be unavailable and phone lines and offices will be closed.