Holidays Act: no vacation for taxpayers

Holidays Act: no vacation for taxpayers
Prison officers got back pay, but the Holidays Act is hard for taxpayers to celebrate. (Image: Department of Corrections)
Nikitin Sallee
Let’s pay billions of dollars and get nothing new for it. That’s the outcome for taxpayers as the public sector resolves its Holidays Act problems. This is the second in a series of three articles.After at least eight years of trying, most government agencies have now complied with their Holidays Act obligations.But the worst isn’t over for New Zealand’s taxpayers.More than $2.5 billion has been accrued for Holidays Act “remediation” – back pay – that has yet to be paid out. That means the mo...

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