EmploymentIT bosses keen to pay upAbout 75 per cent of Auckland IT employers want to recruit additional staff in the coming year.08 Sep 08:00 PM
New ZealandStudent union manager sackedAuckland University's student union was justified in sacking its general manager for financial mismanagement involving a loan to cover $1.4m in debt, a court has ruled.20 Aug 07:27 AM
New ZealandHouse hikes leave pay hikes for deadKiwi wages have risen $34.53 on average in the past year while house prices have skyrocketed $38,000.30 Jun 05:00 PM
EmploymentEmployment confidence highest since GFCEmployment confidence is at its highest level in nearly six years and Auckland has overtaken Canterbury as the most confident region, according to a survey.29 Jun 11:04 PM
New ZealandNZ's top 10% are richer than restThe richest 10 per cent of New Zealanders are wealthier than the rest of the population combined, according to figures cited by Oxfam NZ.15 Jun 05:00 PM
New ZealandFemale grads earn less, study findsNew Zealand women are earning thousands of dollars less than their male counterparts just five years after graduation, a report reveals.13 Jun 05:00 PM
New ZealandPosties get backpay after long fightFormer postie Linda Street pedalled the streets of Christchurch for more than five years on ever-increasing sized rounds, clocking up unrostered overtime.31 May 05:00 PM
OpinionSteven Pearlstein: Secrecy keeps US workers' wages downIncomes have become more unequal in recent decades and pay raises have been infrequent and skimpy for workers because they won't share pay information.26 May 02:30 AM
EmploymentMcDonald's CEO says company pays 'fair' wages following protestsMcDonald's Chief Executive Don Thompson, defending the fast-food chain after worker protests this week, said its restaurants pay a fair wage.22 May 08:22 PM
EmploymentAwards for equal pay companiesTwo years after running the Demand Equal Pay campaign to raise awareness around equal pay, the YWCA organisation is taking that campaign one step further.20 May 05:30 PM
Media and marketingWhy does the editor of the New York Times get paid so little?Be it $475,000 or $559,000, why is the top editor at one of journalism's most prestigious institutions paid relatively so little?20 May 02:39 AM
EmploymentWhat if there was no minimum wage?If we ripped up the wage floor, would pay for low-skill workers actually fall all that much? It's hard to say.16 May 03:38 AM
OpinionEditorial: CEO salaries ought to be reined inEditorial: Hats off to Mark Powell, the chief executive of the Warehouse Group, who says his $1.7 million salary package is a "ridiculous amount".02 May 05:00 PM
New ZealandKiwis stress less about cashKiwi consumers are less financially stressed than Australians despite rising interest rates, a survey has found.01 May 05:00 PM
GolfLydia Ko's $5300-a-day incomeTeenage New Zealand golf queen Lydia Ko has earned the equivalent of more than $5300 every day since turning professional late last year.28 Apr 05:00 PM
BusinessBurger prices and the minimum wageEconomists love hamburgers - specifically fast-food burgers, because the sandwich makes a handy yardstick for international financial comparisons.23 Apr 04:30 AM
BusinessTech staff take Silicon Valley giants to courtA group of technology executives are suing Google, Apple, Intel and Adobe for alleged collusion to suppress their wages.23 Apr 01:00 AM
BusinessPay and jobs to creep higherNew Zealanders can look forward to only slightly better wages and jobs growth over the next four years than they have had over the past four.15 Apr 04:15 PM
EmploymentI'll tell you my salary, if you tell me yoursCan water cooler talk help fix the gender pay gap? President Barack Obama seems to think so.11 Apr 12:00 AM
EmploymentCity jobless at six-year lowAuckland's unemployment rate has dropped to its lowest level in six years. So what's behind the fall and will it continue?09 Apr 04:15 PM
EmploymentFinding skilled workers a hard taskThe number of businesses who say it is getting harder to find the skilled workers they need is well above the long-term average, the New Zealand Institute of Economic Research reports.08 Apr 04:15 PM
EmploymentFormer McDonald's managers admit withholding worker wagesTwo former McDonald's store managers said they helped withhold employees' wages at the restaurant chain after facing pressure to keep labour costs down.03 Apr 01:45 AM
New ZealandGender gap: Pay-up time at public serviceThe woman in charge of equal employment opportunities is set to "crack the whip" on government departments for failing to close the gender pay gap.01 Apr 03:15 PM
New ZealandWorkers take boss to courtMigrant workers who were housed in central city offices with no bathroom or kitchen facilities are taking their former employer to court over unpaid wages.31 Mar 03:15 PM
New ZealandClosing the gaps: Longer life expectancyMaori are living longer and their infant mortality rate will soon be the same as Pakeha - but they're still over-represented in poverty statistics.17 Mar 03:15 PM
New ZealandClosing the gaps: The ethnic job divideNew Zealand is still wasting its "demographic dividend" of young Maori and Pacific people reaching working age.16 Mar 04:30 PM
New ZealandGreens would link MPs to median wageThe Greens will push for legislation to lock MPs' and ministers' pay rises or even cuts to the same dollar amounts ordinary New Zealanders receive.09 Mar 04:30 PM
New ZealandBoarding schools face huge backpay bills to hostel staffA school that must pay out on a hefty backpay bill to hostel staff says the Govt needs to ensure boarding remains an affordable option.28 Feb 04:30 PM
New ZealandBonus for 100,000 workersMore than 100,000 low-paid workers will get a pay rise in little more than a month by 50c an hour to $14.25 from April 1.24 Feb 04:30 PM
OpinionEditorial: Keep charter schools to the budgetWhat is going on with charter schools? Their justifying principle was fairly simple: they would receive funding for each pupil.16 Feb 04:30 PM
EmploymentSalaries to rise 3.6 pc this year - surveyNew Zealand will see declining unemployment and a rush for talent in 2014, according to the latest Global Salary Survey.13 Feb 01:32 AM
