Many farm employees are paid a salary rather than wages for a multitude of reasons. One important reason that is often cited is that it is easier for farm employees to budget on income that is even throughout the year, otherwise, the fluctuation of hours worked during the season means higher levels of income in […]
Farm Rosters and how they impact Rostered Days Off and Annual Leave. Let’s just jump on the tractor and head in to town for 5 minutes. What is glaringly obvious is that most townies work 5 days per week and do about 40 hours per week give or take. Not a bad lark really considering […]
Our platform has been built from the ground up for Horticulture. It has been designed to address the idiosyncrasies of time recording and general records compliance. These are in many ways peculiar to the Horticulture Industry. Our main areas of focus are outlined in the following sections: Staff Interface Time and units can be entered […]
As a Farmer you would know that setting up an employee on the farm for payroll purposes is NOT straightforward and in fact is more complex than other businesses. Firstly. There is the complexity of the roster which has a direct impact on the number of rostered days off as well as the number of entitled annual leave days. […]
There are in fact 3 reasons why a salaried employee working on a Dairy Farm in New Zealand may receive a top-up to their normal salaried amount. Those 3 reasons are briefly outlined below: Minimum Wage Salaried employees are required to be measured against minimum wage for each pay period. The maximum number of days […]
