Count number of leave days

Count the leave days that will be deducted from the employee's leave balance before booking leave to check that the employee has enough leave entitlements to cover the requested number of days.

Important:

Ensure you read the employee's employment agreement carefully for full details of their leave provisions.
See the Ministry of Education's website: Employment agreements 
Contact NZ School Trustees Association if you need help to interpret employment agreement details.


The following terms are used in the rules on this page.

  • Absence period: the period between the start date and the end date of the leave.
  • Free day: a day that an employee does not normally work.
  • Work day: a week day that an employee would normally work. A reference to consecutive work days relates to the days an employee would normally work, e.g. if they normally work on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays, then a Thursday and the following Monday are consecutive work days.
  • School vacation: this is the period from the Monday of the first week of the vacation to the Sunday before the new term starts. The vacation period does not include the weekend at the end of the preceeding school term.

Guidance for counting leave days for different employee types

The number of leave days booked, and therefore deducted from an employee's balance, depends on leave type, employee agreement provisions, days worked and timing of the leave.

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Count number of leave days

Count the leave days that will be deducted from the employee's leave balance before booking leave to check that the employee has enough leave entitlements to cover the requested number of days.

Important:

Ensure you read the employee's employment agreement carefully for full details of their leave provisions.
See the Ministry of Education's website: Employment agreements 
Contact NZ School Trustees Association if you need help to interpret employment agreement details.


The following terms are used in the rules on this page.

  • Absence period: the period between the start date and the end date of the leave.
  • Free day: a day that an employee does not normally work.
  • Work day: a week day that an employee would normally work. A reference to consecutive work days relates to the days an employee would normally work, e.g. if they normally work on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays, then a Thursday and the following Monday are consecutive work days.
  • School vacation: this is the period from the Monday of the first week of the vacation to the Sunday before the new term starts. The vacation period does not include the weekend at the end of the preceeding school term.

Guidance for counting leave days for different employee types

The number of leave days booked, and therefore deducted from an employee's balance, depends on leave type, employee agreement provisions, days worked and timing of the leave.

Related links

Other websites


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