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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.

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.