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Employee entitlements
2016
$000
2015
$000
21
3
300
359
23
18
344
380
Retirement and long service leave
66
60
Total non-current portion
66
60
410
440
Current portion
Accrued salaries and wages
Annual leave
Retirement and long service leave
Total current portion
Non-current portion
Total employee entitlements
The liability for retirement and long service leave entitlements is carried at the present value of estimated future
cash flows, calculated based on a number of factors determined on an actuarial basis.
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 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 3.13% (2015: 4.39%)
and an inflation factor of 3.0% (2015: 3.0%) were used.
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 1 percentage point from that used is negligible.
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Provision for organisational change
Opening balance
Additional provisions made
Amounts used
Total provision for organisational change
2016
$000
2015
$000
243
-
-
243
(243)
-
243
The Commission’s Board approved a detailed and formal restructuring plan in June 2015 and restructuring
commenced that month. The provision represented the cost of redundancy and other payments arising from
the restructure which were completed by August 2015.
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