7 Employee entitlements
2020
$000
2019
$000
Accrued salaries
103
41
Annual leave
366
211
41
28
510
280
Retirement and long service leave
91
98
Total non-current portion
91
98
601
378
Current portion
Retirement and long service leave
Total current portion
Non-current portion
Total employee entitlements
Employee entitlements payable at 30 June 2020
were $223,000 higher than last year because of
less annual leave taken during the period. The
liability for retirement and long-service leave
entitlements is carried at the present value of
estimated future cash flows, calculated based on
several factors determined on an actuarial basis.
New Zealand government bonds. The salary
inflation factor has been determined based on the
long-term annual increase in salaries and wages
expected by the New Zealand Treasury. A discount
rate of 1.63 percent (2019: 2.23 percent) and an
inflation factor of 2.72 percent (2019: 3.1 percent)
were used.
Two key assumptions used in calculating the
retirement and long service leave liability include
the discount rate and the salary inflation factor.
Any changes in these assumptions will impact
on the carrying amount of the liability. Expected
future payments are discounted using forward
discount rates derived from the yield curve of
Because the carrying amount of the retirement
and long-service leave liability is small, the impact
of either the discount rate or salary inflation factor
differing by one percentage point from that used
is negligible.
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