Holidays Act 2003: Act and Analysis

Holidays Act 2003: Act and Analysis takes into account the substantive legislative changes of 2011. It provides contextual information on this difficult area of law by way of consolidated legislation, section-by-section commentary and supplementary material.

Readers are introduced to the Act in Chapter 1 and Chapter 2 follows on with explanatory notes and select committee reports of the Holidays Bill 2003 and all subsequent amending Bills. The full text of the Holidays (Full Recognition of Waitangi Day and ANZAC Day) Amendment Bill 2012 is also included. For completion, chapter 3 contains the text of related statutes (Anzac Day Act 1966, the Waitangi Day Act 1976 and the Shop Trading Hours Act Repeal Act 1990).

This text is aimed at lawyers, employee and employer organisations, HR practitioners and those in the payroll sector and provides readers with a comprehensive resource on New Zealand’s ‘holidays law’ in a single volume.