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Minimum wage hike could make it harder to hire migrants - restaurant owners
Businesses worry about the flow-on effects of a decent minimum wage hike.
Super Fund pays $16m in bonuses, one staffer gets $500k
Nearly 60 staff getting bonuses worth $100,000 or more.
What impact will minimum wage hike have on inflation?
ANZ chief economist believes 7 per cent minimum wage hike won't make inflation much worse.
Minimum wage set to increase by $1.50/hr
Prime Minister Chris Hipkins has announced the move to a new rate of $22.70 per hour.
Tempting back older workers into jobs means ditching business as usual
Financial Times: The expectation of a work-free retirement needs to go.
AUT drops redundancy plan, staff to keep jobs for at least six months
Lengthy union negotiations have resulted in AUT backing out of staff dismissals.
After a pay rise this year? Don't bank on it
Tight control over salary budgets a hard truth for many employees.
Google axes 12,000 jobs as tech sector layoffs spread
It equates to 6 per cent of Google's workforce, in latest mass tech culls.
Thousands of UK ambulance workers go on strike
Nurses, train and bus drivers and postal workers are also striking across the UK.
Firefighters accept pay offer
Firefighers have accepted a pay offer after the Government topped up what was on offer.
ERA makes interim order to raise pay for 30,000 nurses
Health authority already planning to process the pay increases to rates agreed last year
Health authority asks ERA to order pay equity rates for nurses
Te Whatu Ora Health NZ boss says it already agreed in principle to 14 per cent higher pay
NZ experienced ‘social distancing’ of a different kind well before Covid-19. Here's how to fix it.
ANALYSIS: New Zealanders were social distancing long before Covid. Here's how.
Consumer confidence takes a dive as cost of living bites
In news that will cheer the Reserve Bank, consumers feel more downbeat about spending.
Nurse unions take Te Whatu Ora to court over pay equity settlement
It comes amid a national nurse shortage and increasingly pressured emergency departments.
Opinion: This is not what I want to have in common with Sienna Miller
OPINION: Sienna Miller and I have the wrong thing in common.
Wage squeeze: 'We'll pay the best, the most that we can'
Chamber chair Glenda Brown said businesses are pressured to pay premium wage rates.
Quiet year for strikes, as workers win pay settlements
2022 looks set to record the lowest number of strikes since 2017.
Former TVNZ CEO Kevin Kenrick pocketed nearly $2.1m after final eight months
More than half of it was a performance incentive.
Gib shortage: Delivery workers strike for better pay
They want an 11 per cent pay rise, but the company has offered much less.
The living-wage debate: Are law firms playing by the book?
Some firms claim they pay a living wage but they're not accredited. Does it matter?
Shane Te Pou: What's wrong with workers seeking pay rises to combat cost of living, inflation?
OPINION: Kawerau mill workers are asking for a pay rise in line with inflation.
Wage jump: Weekly earnings jump in biggest leap since records began
The stats say median wages are well up - but does your paycheck tell the same story?
Auckland bus drivers get 8% pay rise to fix staffing/service shortages
Being a bus driver is getting 'tougher and tougher and tougher', says union boss
Why most of NZ's workforce is in for a 'virtual' pay cut
But optimism is high about a wage adjustment around the corner.
Wages are rising - but how to ask for that pay increase?
Discussing pay can be a tricky subject for many.
Strong job listing growth in some regions, fall in big cities
Only one region had an average salary drop in the past year.
MindTheGap: Organisations unite to help reduce pay gaps
A group of 40 organisations has written an open letter to the Government.
The Great Resignation: Who is winning from the labour market squeeze?
Who is getting the biggest pay rises and why?
Shane Te Pou: How to grow the economic pie for all in NZ
OPINION: Don't listen to the scaremongering, Fair Pay Agreements are a good idea.
Comment: Why a high minimum wage doesn't make best 'employee market'
OPINION: "It's a trap to believe a high minimum wage is the key to employee retention."
Live: Finance Minister pitches Budget to business leaders
"Scramble" to keep ahead of challenges, but recession not imminent, economist says.
Income insurance scheme a step closer as law passes
It means ACC can look into implementing the $3.5 billion income insurance scheme.