How to Set Up Sick Leave for an RSE Worker

Here is a short guide on how to set up an RSE worker so that they receive two days of Sick Leave on their first day of employment, followed by another two days every month from that day, until they receive a total of ten days after four months.

If you would like to learn more about the requirements for RSE workers, please visit the official New Zealand immigration page.

Head to "Company Settings", and then "Payroll Settings".

Open "Advanced Settings".

Open "Other Settings".

Enable "Will employ RSE workers".

Select "Save".

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Head over to "Employee Settings", and then "Employee Details".

When you are setting up a new employee, you can set up the Sick Leave entitlement when you are prompted for the employee's "Default Entitlement" set up. However you can also set this up for an existing employee.

Select the employee from the left-hand side of the page.

Open "Default Entitlement" under "Other Details".

On the right-hand side of the menu, set the "Sick Leave Entitlement" to be 10 days after "4" months of continous employment.

Select "Save".

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Assuming you only employed RSE workers, you can also set up these settings to apply by default to all new staff, by setting up the same "4" months criteria under the "Leave Settings" section of the "Company Settings", "Payroll Settings" page.

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Once this is set up for your staff, the system will automatically give the employee their first two days of sick leave entitlement on their first day of employment, and renew each month, until they have received a total of ten days by their fourth month. In terms of how this automatic renewal looks in the system, you can see an example below:

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