EmploymentHousehold incomes rise by $5.7bThe mortgage belt and taxpayers have been the main winners in a $5.7 billion rise in households' collective income.20 Feb 04:30 PM
OpinionTapu MisaTapu Misa: Moral pressure drives fight for living wageEveryone agrees we're a low-wage economy but the impact of that on families has been lost behind a haze of judgment and indifference, writes Tapu Misa.17 Feb 04:30 PM
New ZealandUnionist calls for Auckland wageService and Food Workers Union lead organiser Len Richards told a conference launching the living wage at AUT University yesterday that Aucklanders needed $24 an hour to pay higher rents and other costs.14 Feb 04:30 PM
New ZealandCampaigner says mindset shift neededCampaigner Deborah Littman says paying a living wage will require a leap in thinking to accompany an increase in the $13.50 minimum wage to $18.40.13 Feb 04:30 PM
New ZealandCities agree to look into higher payAuckland and Wellington councils have agreed to look into adopting the "living wage" of $18.40 an hour proposed by a coalition of union and community groups.13 Feb 04:30 PM
New ZealandHard working poor families desperateParents of students attending Auckland's Diocesan School for Girls pay roughly one and a half times as much in fees as Ana Malolo takes home for cleaning the school.13 Feb 04:30 PM
EmploymentIndustries quail at pay costPrices would have to go up by 6 to 8 per cent to pay a "living wage" of $18.40 an hour to workers in the lowest-paid sectors - hospitality and retailing.13 Feb 04:30 PM
New ZealandGovt favours raising minimum wageThe Government is not buying into the idea of a "living wage" but the new Minister of Labour says the minimum wage will continue to increase.12 Feb 04:30 PM
New ZealandGhosts in corridors of powerMareta Sinoti cleans the offices of politicians from midnight on week nights, is employed to work only 30 hours a week and earns $13.85 an hour.12 Feb 04:30 PM
New ZealandStudents obliged to accept low payQuan, a 20-year-old student visa holder from Vietnam, works up to 50 hours a week in a retail shop and gets paid $7 an hour.11 Feb 04:30 PM
New Zealand$2 an hour 'common' for migrantsExploited migrant workers are being paid $2 an hour to work in small businesses such as ethnic restaurants.11 Feb 04:30 PM
OpinionEditorial: Key to 'living wage' is fairnessIt would do no harm - and possibly a great deal of good - for New Zealand to know the minimum a person needs to be paid in this country to have a "living wage".11 Feb 04:29 PM
New ZealandGovt unlikely to support living wage campaignProviding New Zealanders with a living wage is not high on the Government's agenda and it is unlikely to support the campaign, Prime Minister John Key said today.11 Feb 04:17 AM
New ZealandThe pay you need to surviveAlmost 750,000 Kiwis look set to be classed as the new working poor when the union movement fixes the value of a "living wage" needed to have a decent life here.10 Feb 06:00 PM
New ZealandLiving wage: $19 an hour ... yeah rightActor Grae Burton was the classic "Kiwi bloke" in Tui beer commercials last year. His work only just earned him what unions consider a "living wage".10 Feb 04:30 PM
New ZealandRedundancy leaves truckies stressedAbout 40 truck drivers serving Pak'nSave and New World supermarkets will lose their jobs this year when they are replaced by owner-drivers.10 Feb 04:30 PM
EmploymentBig pay rises forecast for skilled workersSalaries in high-demand industries are expected to rise by as much as $20,000 a year as New Zealand's talent pool dries up.29 Jan 04:30 PM
New ZealandMPs get 1.9 per cent pay riseMPs will receive a 1.9 per cent pay increase, the Remuneration Authority confirmed this afternoon.20 Dec 03:27 AM
OpinionPeter Lyons: Wage reductions will cost everyone in the long runReal wages for many New Zealanders are falling, writes Peter Lyons. "It is becoming very hard to make ends meet for those at the bottom of the ladder who operate in the most competitive labour markets."09 Dec 04:30 PM
EmploymentScrutiny makes smaller pay rise likelyLow-wage workers look likely to get a small pay rise of under 3 per cent next April after the Government removed social factors from the criteria for setting the minimum wage.05 Dec 04:30 PM
New ZealandMfat boss defends pay riseForeign Affairs chief executive John Allen has defended taking a $40,000 pay rise at a time of job cuts at his ministry, saying he did not believe it was a bad look.29 Nov 02:01 AM
New ZealandPayroll boss says sorry to teachers, staffDevelopers of the Novopay school payroll system have apologised over the ongoing pay problems that have pushed schools and their staff to breaking point.21 Nov 04:30 PM
