Overview

Like many organisations in New Zealand, Wellington Free Ambulance (WFA) has identified some payroll compliance issues with the Holidays Act 2003. With the assistance of a specialist data analytics firm, WFA have reviewed holiday pay calculations for both current and former employees who worked for WFA from 1 September 2017 to 13 March 2024.

A Holidays Act Remediation Project Team was established to ensure the identified issues were addressed and to ensure that any underpayments of leave are remediated to current and former employees. Remediation payments were made to currently employed staff in late 2024. The Project is now working on payments to former permanent or fixed-term employees of WFA.

About this Process

If you are a former employee of WFA employed during the remediation period (1 September 2017 to 13 March 2024), then please complete and submit your completed application via this Portal.

This allows us to gather the necessary details to be able to process any payment due to you. This Portal is a secure and confidential method of gathering your information and allowing you to track the process of your claim.

After submitting your application, the Project Team will review and validate your details. Once your application is validated, we will inform you about the timeline for recalculating and paying any historical underpayment to you.

Please note that some people have had all their leave payments calculated correctly and so no remediation is needed.

Your Information

Your personal information will be handled in accordance with the Privacy Act 2020. The information requested is essential for verifying your identity and ensuring any back payments are correctly made to you. We cannot process back payments without this information. By providing your information, you consent to its use in the Holidays Act remediation process and any future remediation processes. If you are due future payments, we will ask you to reconfirm your information.

You have the right to access any personal information held by Wellington Free Ambulance (WFA) about you. If you wish to do so, please contact holidaysreview@wfa.org.nz.