Stressed Christchurch council office workers will get an extra day's paid holiday each month, but it looks like their colleagues who are helping rebuild the quake-damaged city won't be getting it.
On Wednesday, it was revealed that city council workers will receive one extra day's paid holiday each month from now until November next year in in recognition of the pressure they have been under since the big quakes in February 2011, and September 2010.
An estimated 850 people work for city-council owned City Care but spokeswoman Phillipa Webb said: "We will not be granting our employees extra leave."
City Care is part of Christchurch City Holdings Ltd, a city council company.
Ms Webb said city council policies did not apply to City Care but the union which represents City Care workers believes that the holiday offer should also cover them.