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'Appalling' employment gap for disabled people needs urgent attention - advocacy group

"Some people just think of disabled people as being, somehow, less than or not as good."

New wage growth stats: How did your pay rise stack up?

Income growth for wage and salary earners remains strong, says Stats NZ.

Kitchen hand gets $19k after she was sacked for raising concerns about being underpaid

'These were serious breaches of good faith and procedural fairness,' the ERA ruled.

The 10 Kiwi companies paying back $200m in Covid wage subsidies

Cash-strapped, or cashing in? Some big firms have repaid all the Covid money.

Te Whatu Ora to axe 300 jobs

And hundreds more are set to go over the next few weeks as as DHB changes take effect.

Deputy PM, Rob Fyfe unveil new anti-slavery rule proposal

Rules would require companies to be "transparent" about supply chains.

Average salary hits $70k - which regions are keeping up with inflation?

The average salary nationwide rose more than 6 per cent year-on-year.

Letters: Rental properties, nurses' pay, EVs and farm emissions

OPINION: Also letters on Kennedy Pt Marina, intellect, heating, and the harbour bridge.

220 jobs to go as long-established retailer confirms closure

Retailer H & J Smith calls time on its long-running department store business.

What makes our buses so bad

There's plenty of blame to share around - including for ourselves, the public.

'Everyone is feeling the pinch': Living wage set to increase in September

The New Zealand Living Wage rate will increase by 9.9 per cent.

Living wage boost, new youth crime stats & Hipkins' honeymoon over | Focus Morning Bulletin: 3 April, 2023

Boost for those on Living Wage, nearly half of retail burglaries are committed by youths & is PM Chris Hipkins' Honeymoon over in the latest New Zealand Herald headlines. Video / NZ Herald

Hospital staff to receive long-awaited unpaid backpay

Te Whatu Ora said it now expected payments to current staff to begin in July.

Pay packets not keeping up with inflation

Figures show wage growth may have plateaued and tracking behind annual inflation.

Shane Te Pou: Don’t cast workers on the scrapheap

Calls for higher unemployment and lower wages hurt ordinary people the most.

London Heathrow security guards to strike for 10 days over Easter

It's the latest in mass UK strikes and will cause chaos over busy Easter travel period.

Women’s Day highlights eroded progress as 'patriarchy fights back'

Gender equality won’t be achieved for 300 years given the current pace of change: UN head.

AI: Is your job at risk from digital humans?

Companies will employ the next-gen robots in the next 10 years, a report predicts.