Employer of Record New Zealand
Payroll & Tax in New Zealand
A beginners guide to understanding payroll in New Zealand
Employer of Record New Zealand
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Our fully-compliant payroll services in New Zealand ensures your employees are paid on time, everytime
Whatever the territory or region, you need to attract and retain the best talent. But different countries and different cultures mean different employee expectations.
Payroll is key for any business; paying the correct salary to your business’s employees is vital. Using Agility EOR means that your employees are paid on time, every time, when they are working in New Zealand.
Agility EOR offers the following payroll services in New Zealand:
- Salaries paid per month, in local currency
- Electronic payslips
- Statutory filing completed by us
- End of year reporting
what to expect
How does Payroll in
New Zealand work?
Pay your staff once a month
Salaries in the New Zealand are paid once per month, and in 12 equal instalments. There is no requirement to pay a 12 or 13th month and it’s neither customary to do so in New Zealand.
Discretionary bonuses
Bonuses are generally defined as discretionary, and therefore not required to be placed in the contract of employment.
National minimum wage
New Zealand has three different tiers for minimum wages.
Training – NZ$16.96 per hour. This applies to employee’s aged 20 or older who have an employment contract stipulating industry training worth over a certain amount of credits per year. Typically, this applies to formal apprenticeship schemes. This does not apply to people completing standard training necessary to perform their job.
Starting-out – NZ$16.96 per hour. This applies to 16 and 17 year olds who have not yet completed 6 months of continuous employment, and to 18 and 19 year olds who have also not completed 6 months of employment, and are also in receipt of certain social security benefits.
Adult – NZ$21.20 per hour. This applies to all other employees who are 16 years or older.
New Zealand Employee Benefits
We understand that attracting and retaining the best talent is vital for any business. Here at Agility EOR we always go the extra mile for our clients and employees. We provide both statutory and enhanced employee benefit packages, from medical and dental packages through to share options and equity stakes.
Working with you, we’ll devise benefits packages that are appropriate within New Zealand and are compliant with New Zealand law.
New Zealand Statutory Leave
Agility EOR work with our in-country legal experts and experienced staff to easily guide you through the myriad of complex laws and regulations in New Zealand.
- Holiday Entitlement
- Maternity Leave
- Paternity Leave
- Parental Leave
- Sick Leave
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Without Agility EOR, our ability to move quickly and scale would be extremely limited. Superb work from A to Z.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Payrolling the employees is a key part of the service offered by an employer of record company. The EOR will calculate and remit all taxes, social securities and similar payments, on behalf of both employer and employee. The client will be invoiced in advance by the EOR company, for the total cost of the payroll.
Yes. Our clients are free to dictate the structure of the employees’ remuneration including any bonuses or commissions they wish to offer. In some countries, there is a statutory requirement to provide “bonuses”, for example in the form of Christmas or holiday allowances.
Yes. Agility EOR will calculate what pay is due upon termination of an employee, factoring in such things as any untaken leave entitlements.
We find that most of our clients are in the Tech, IT, Finance and Professional Services industries. However, we have acquired the skills, knowledge and experience to help all industries across the globe.
As a private company, we’re not beholden to shareholders or asset-shredding Private Equity targets. We aim to build long-term relationships with our clients. At Agility EOR, our approach is that we never forget that our business is all about people. Our Employer of Record solutions are tailored to each requirement, not a one-size-fits-all tech platform. We do the right thing by our clients and by the laws of each country we operate in. And we believe in openness; if we don’t feel we can offer you the best solution for a specific territory, we’ll say so.
We pride ourselves on our personable-approach so once you enter your new employees details into our dedicated platform, we’ll arrange a call with you to go through the details of the employment contract where together we can review and amend to your requirements. We liaise directly with your employee to build a rapport and obtain the necessary information to hire them compliantly, and set them up ready for their first payroll.
We never stop delivering! Even if you’re employee has been onboarded and is happily working for you and being paid each month, we’re here to partner with you whenever you or your employees need us. Even your ex-employees may need our assistance for tax documents, proof of employment requests etc… Our service never stops!