Choose the day
Select sick leave or a public holiday, then tell us whether the employee worked.
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Public Holiday and Sick Leave Pay Calculator NZ
Estimate gross pay for a public holiday or sick leave using relevant daily pay (RDP) or average daily pay (ADP).
Based on current Holidays Act calculation rules
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How this calculator decides the payment
The Holidays Act uses the type of day, whether it is an otherwise working day, and the appropriate daily-pay method.
Check the work pattern
An unworked public holiday or sick day is paid only if it would otherwise be a working day.
Choose RDP or ADP
RDP is normally used. ADP may be used only when the statutory conditions for it are met.
Apply public holiday rules
Work on a public holiday is paid at the higher of the statutory time-and-a-half calculation or agreement pay including penal rates.
RDP / ADP
What the two daily-pay methods mean
Relevant daily pay (RDP)
What the employee would have earned on the day, including relevant regular taxable payments, expected overtime and incentive payments.
Average daily pay (ADP)
Gross earnings over the applicable period divided by the whole or part days on which those earnings were earned.
Public holiday worked
The employee gets at least time-and-a-half for time worked and normally gets an alternative holiday if it is otherwise a working day.
PLEASE NOTE
Before you rely on the result
- RDP excludes employer superannuation contributions and reimbursements that are likely to be non-taxable.
- ADP may be used only when RDP is not possible or practicable to determine, or when the employee’s daily pay varies within the relevant pay period.
- If a full day is deducted from sick leave, the employee must receive a full day of RDP or ADP. Part-day sick leave is by agreement.
- An alternative holiday exception can apply when someone is employed only to work on public holidays.
- This calculator provides general information, not legal, employment, accounting, or payroll advice.