Automatic enrolment
When you start a new job, if you're not already a member and are eligible, your employer will automatically enrol you in KiwiSaver.
You'll be automatically enrolled in KiwiSaver if you're aged from 18 to 64 years, start a new job with a new employer and your job is:
full-time
permanent part-time
a temporary contract for more than 28 days, or
as a casual agricultural worker for more than 3 months.
Exceptions to automatic enrolment
You won't be automatically enrolled if you:
are under 18 years old
are a casual agricultural worker or election day worker
are a private domestic worker and you pay your own PAYE
are employed on a temporary employment contract of 28 days or less
are a casual employee who receives holiday pay with your wages (in accordance with the Holidays Act 2003)
are on paid parental leave or ACC
stay on the same payroll when a business is taken over or amalgamated, or
if you relocate with the same employer
only receive schedular payments (formally withholding payments)
aren't required to have PAYE deductions made from your salary and wages
revert to an employer from whom you were seconded, straight after that secondment.