The Government wants to change the Holidays Act
They have already said they will let bosses "buy" the fourth week’s annual leave off workers. But they also want to be able to move public holidays - give employers the chance to change Christmas to middle of the year when they might be less busy.

It took 30 years to progress from three to four weeks minimum annual leave. We have only just managed to catch up with Australia to get 4 weeks leave and already part of it is for sale.

People need decent time off to be with their families or just have a break. New Zealanders still take less time off than most other workers around the world – a third of surveyed workers said they’d like to take more time off but couldn’t because of work demands.

Maybe the Government will add some protections to stop vulnerable workers being exploited, but the reality is that some workers will feel forced to cash in a week’s leave because of financial pressures.

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