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Opting in and enrolling temporary and casual employees
Usually, you do not automatically enrol temporary employees you’re employing for 28 days or fewer.
The 28 days is their period of employment, not the number of days or hours they work. For example, if your employee has a 2-week contract but only works Tuesdays and Thursdays, their period of employment is 14 days (not 4 days).
If they’re eligible, they can choose to opt into KiwiSaver.
A temporary employee is an employee who:
- is employed to work ‘as and when required’, without a specific end date
- starts their period of employment each time they are engaged to work, and
- stops working each time that engagement ends.
Applying the 28-day rule to enrolment
If you hire your employee for future work and their current employment has not ended, check if the 28-day rule applies. Count the total days they’ll work from the start of their current employment to the end of their future work period.
As long as each period of employment is for 28 days in a row or fewer, you do not have to automatically enrol them in KiwiSaver.
You must automatically enrol employees if their employment is for more than 28 days in a row. This applies from day 29.
On day 29, you must automatically enrol employees if they are eligible. Start their KiwiSaver deductions and your employer contributions from their next pay day.
Casual employees
You do not have to automatically enrol your casual employees who:
- are engaged on an irregular and intermittent basis
- get holiday pay with their wages.
They can opt in through you or a scheme provider.
Casual agricultural workers and the 3-month rule
You do not have to automatically enrol casual agricultural workers you employ on a day-to-day basis for fewer than 3 months.
If they’re eligible, they can opt in.
If your eligible casual agricultural employee’s work is for more than 3 months and they’re not already in KiwiSaver, you must automatically enrol them.