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Minimum wage - the $15 question

More than 150,000 people have petitioned to raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour, but Act says $12.75 is already too much. Simon Collins investigates.

CTU wecomes National youth rates decision

Lab staff vote for industrial action

Tycoon's paltry pay packet

Strike threat to hospital treatment

Cash for preaching lifts Tamaki's pay to $1m

Bishop Brian Tamaki is paid an average of $3000 each time he preaches at a Destiny Church outside of Auckland.

Women students demand action over pay gap survey

Women students are demanding government action after a survey showed men with the same tertiary qualifications start earning more after one year.

Airline lifts staff hours as business rebounds

Shareholder watchdog defends Telecom salaries

The chairman of the Shareholders Association has defended Telecom executives' high salaries, saying the company operates in a global market.

Slow wage growth could put brakes on Oz rate rises

ARC councillors put their hands up for 3.2 per cent pay rise as end nears

MPs to debate youth minimum wage

Fare hikes to hit bus passengers hardest

An imminent rise in bus fares could see a drop in passengers, a public transport campaigner says.

<i>Kate Ross:</i> One job - 600 applicants

Greece works on deficit as strikes loom

Staff confront minister over private jails

<i>Editorial:</i> Key needs to be bold to close the gap

<i>Brian Gaynor</i>: Surge in jobless hitting younger Kiwis hardest

The recession has been particularly savage on young workers with 18.4 per cent of the 15 to 24 age group now unemployed.