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Yes, I think that makes sense. However, from a National/Act point of view, you get into dangerous territory. What if someone works 6 days a week? Under the old system you'd get 10 days regardless. But under this new accruing system, you are still working 8 hours a day but you're accruing at whatever the hourly accrual is times 48 hours per week. You'll end up with 12 sick days a year!
Another potential issue is all the contracts out there that X days of sick leave. The government is saying how much easier it will be for payroll software providers, while the payroll software providers are probably fainting at the thought of now having to handle employees grand-parented in on an old system with new employees starting on a completely different calculation system ๐
It will be interesting to see how the actual bill shapes up once it's released.