--- title: Changing an Employee from Casual or Fixed Term to Permanent - Or Permanent to Casual/Fixed Term. description: This article shows how to update the leave settings when a casual or fixed-term employee becomes permanent, or when a permanent employee becomes casual. --- [Skip to content](https://help.thankyoupayroll.co.nz/en/changing-an-employee-from-casual-to-permanent#main-content) English Show submenu for translations [More support](https://help.thankyoupayroll.co.nz/en/kb-tickets/new?hsLang=en) ![TYP\_Logo-09-1.png\]](https://help.thankyoupayroll.co.nz/hs-fs/hubfs/TYP_Logo-09-1.png?height=40&name=TYP_Logo-09-1.png) Open main navigation Close main navigation - English Show submenu for translations - [More support](https://help.thankyoupayroll.co.nz/en/kb-tickets/new) - [Visit our website www.thankyoupayroll.co.nz](https://www.thankyoupayroll.co.nz/) [Visit our website www.thankyoupayroll.co.nz](https://www.thankyoupayroll.co.nz/) Kia ora! 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This article will walk you though the steps, but please remember to contact the Help Desk to finalise the change. *Updated: October 2024* ![Info - Blue Block (1)](https://help.thankyoupayroll.co.nz/hs-fs/hubfs/KnowledgeBase/CalloutIcons/Info%20-%20Blue%20Block%20(1).png?width=52&height=52&name=Info%20-%20Blue%20Block%20(1).png)If holiday pay has been paid, but should have been recorded as annual leave due to an error in the employee setup, you will need to [set up a correction pay](https://help.thankyoupayroll.co.nz/en/making-a-correction-to-a-past-timesheet?hsLang=en) and email us to process that. If you have a casual or fixed-term employee who has started working permanently and has had a change in employment agreement, you will need to update their leave settings in the Thankyou Payroll system. Follow this link to [find out more about these different leave settings](https://help.thankyoupayroll.co.nz/en/explaining-how-annual-leave-works?hsLang=en). - Casual and fixed-term employees have the leave setting: '**8% of Gross (temp and irregular scenario)**' which calculates their annual leave as 8% of their total Gross Earnings - Permanent employees have the leave setting: '**rate as per the Holidays Act**', which calculates their minimum 4 weeks of annual leave at the greater of their ordinary weekly pay (OWP) or average weekly earnings (AWE). As these are two very different calculations, caution is advised. The system cannot simply switch between these settings. **Always contact the Help Desk if you need to change leave settings**. ![Info - Blue Block (1)](https://help.thankyoupayroll.co.nz/hs-fs/hubfs/KnowledgeBase/CalloutIcons/Info%20-%20Blue%20Block%20(1).png?width=52&height=52&name=Info%20-%20Blue%20Block%20(1).png)If you are **changing a permanent employee** to a fixed-term or casual position, you must [**do a final pay**](https://help.thankyoupayroll.co.nz/en/creating-a-final-pay-for-a-departing-employee?hsLang=en) and create a new profile for the casual/fixed-term position. \*Changing leave settings from 'rate as per the Holidays Act' to '8% of Gross (temp and irregular scenario)' will not calculate correctly in the system. For a change from Holiday Pay to Allocated Annual Leave calculations to occur correctly in the Thankyou Payroll system, you have to set the leave setting up as specified in this article. Let's go through the process: ### Updating the Employee Profile: Leave Tab #### Step 1: Checking current Leave Settings When you access the employee's Leave Tab, you will see the following settings: > ![Dashboard\_Closedown\_FirstSetup (1)](https://help.thankyoupayroll.co.nz/hs-fs/hubfs/KnowledgeBase/screensteps/Employee%20Settings/Dashboard_Closedown_FirstSetup%20(1).png?width=688&height=323&name=Dashboard_Closedown_FirstSetup%20(1).png) > > 1. The leave method is set to '**8% of gross earnings (temp and irregular scenario)**'. You will update this setting as shown below. > 2. Look carefully at these two buttons: > 1. If the '**Paid into each pay**' button is dark, this means you have already paid PAYG (holiday pay) for this employee, so you can continue to the next steps. They should have no leave liability to effect. > 2. If the '**Accumulate and pay later**' button is dark, you may need to [pay out the total amount of Holiday Pay (the 8% of Gross)](https://help.thankyoupayroll.co.nz/en/adding-holiday-pay-to-a-timesheet-for-fixed-term-employees?hsLang=en) before continuing. This is dependent on the agreement you have in place with your employee. You must determine if their new leave settings should be applied from their original start date or not. If you are unsure of this, please contact [Employment NZ](https://www.employment.govt.nz/) for assistance or get some legal advice. > 3. You will note that the Sick Leave allocation date will be their start date. ![Info - Blue Block (1)](https://help.thankyoupayroll.co.nz/hs-fs/hubfs/KnowledgeBase/CalloutIcons/Info%20-%20Blue%20Block%20(1).png?width=52&height=52&name=Info%20-%20Blue%20Block%20(1).png)An employee's sick leave anniversary will always be linked to **their start date** in the Employee Profile Tab. **NEVER change this original start date.** If the sick leave anniversary is meant to change, you will need to create a new profile. --- #### Step 2: Updating Employee Settings There are **three** important changes that you need to make at this time so that your employee will start to accrue leave as per the Holidays Act: > ![Dashboard\_Closedown\_AllocationFix](https://help.thankyoupayroll.co.nz/hs-fs/hubfs/KnowledgeBase/screensteps/Employee%20Settings/Dashboard_Closedown_AllocationFix.png?width=608&height=564&name=Dashboard_Closedown_AllocationFix.png) > > 1. Change the leave setting to '**rate set as per the Holidays Act**'. Make sure that the weeks of leave per year, typical days, and hours are correct. > 1. Select the '**same as default standard week**' button. [Remember to complete the 'set default entries for the standard pay row of timesheet](https://help.thankyoupayroll.co.nz/en/work-pattern-default-row?hsLang=en)' in the **Standard Pay Tab** (and SAVE) if you haven't done this before. > > ![Alea\_Salaried\_DefaultEntriesRow](https://help.thankyoupayroll.co.nz/hs-fs/hubfs/KnowledgeBase/screensteps/Leave/Alea_Salaried_DefaultEntriesRow.png?width=688&height=141&name=Alea_Salaried_DefaultEntriesRow.png) > 2. **Change the leave anniversary date** to the start date of the new permanent employment agreement. > 3. **Change the 'date of most recent leave anniversary**' to the start date of the new permanent employment agreement. > 4. You will notice that the sick leave anniversary date will be the start date of their old agreement. **Do not change this date**. > 5. **Remember to SAVE** to keep the changes to the employee leave setting. ![Info - Blue Block (1)](https://help.thankyoupayroll.co.nz/hs-fs/hubfs/KnowledgeBase/CalloutIcons/Info%20-%20Blue%20Block%20(1).png?width=52&height=52&name=Info%20-%20Blue%20Block%20(1).png)If the start of the new agreement is in a currently active timesheet, you may see an allocation of annual leave days in the employee's leave liability table. This will clear after the timesheet has been processed. --- In most cases involving changing an employee's leave settings, you will need to contact the Help Desk to make sure the new settings apply from the correct date. Here is an example of the pop-up message that will appear when you try to change the leave method. Please call us to check that everything is applied and calculated correctly. > **Hold up a minute there...** > > Please call us on 04 488 7531 or email help@thankyoupayroll.co.nz BEFORE changing leave methods once the employee has been paid. Changes can create complex issues. A quick call could save you a lot of hassle. > > Thanks. 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