Finance expert suggests redistribution of public sector CEO salaries
"Robin Hood"-style policy more effective than Govt-ordered pay freeze, Helen Roberts says.
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'Unacceptable': The $73k gender pay gap for doctors
Women undervalued by our health system, with detrimental impacts on patient care.
Political Roundup: Have billions been incorrectly paid out in wage subsidy scheme?
OPINION: It has huge financial consequences for the state, and public trust in Government.
Chloe Swarbrick: Wage crackdown a bitter pill for pandemic heroes
OPINION: History shows that pay suppression is bad policy. It's also bad politics.
Ministry 'audits' of wage subsidy questioned
Auditor-General reports on the handling of massive wage subsidy scheme.
Govt blinks first as unions claim a win in negotiations with Hipkins
The guidance for state sector employers 'will be reviewed next year', union boss says.
PM, Robertson forced on defensive over public sector pay freeze
The pair doubled down on the decision amid pressure from unions.
Ananish Chaudhuri: Small wage increases not behind inflation
OPINION: These price increases are an inevitable outcome of recent government policies.
Survey findings: How Kiwis really feel about their jobs
Survey findings show realities of burnout among Kiwis, and confidence in the economy.
'Price of everything' set to increase: Consumers face pain at the checkout
Fears price hikes will be felt most greatly by those with the least money.
'We feel valued': MIQ hotels agree to pay staff living wage
There are still five MIQ facilities that have not agreed to pay staff the rate.
Union's open letter to PM over wages paid to MIQ cleaners
Unite Union challenges the Government to 'challenge the status quo'.
Kiwi women fall behind in sole home-owning stakes - report
'Pay parity is linked to wealth parity.'
Sasha Borissenko: It's 2021, but women are still being shortchanged
Legal columnist Sasha Borissenko on the many fights women still face.
'I feel like crying': MIQ hotel workers on minimum wage share stories
'Life is like being at level 4 all the time'.
PM defends sick pay scheme
It comes after two recent cases went to work despite needing to self-isolate.
The shameful wages being paid to MIQ cleaners
OPINION: Cleaners take on enormous risk every time they enter a hotel room.
Ananish Chaudhuri: Raising minimum wage uses a few dollars to make a lot of sense
Opinion: Does raising the minimum wage lead to job losses? Not a lot, actually.
Government ignores advice on minimum wage hike
MBIE concerned about the economic and labour market uncertainty that persists.
'Tough year ahead': The outlook for retail in 2021
The sector has experienced a sharp bounce back - but will it last?
Charles Waldegrave: Why lifting the minimum wage to a living wage is the only sensible course
Opinion: Time to lift working households out of poverty and enable them to participate.
Advice warning 9000 jobs could be affected by $20 min wage 'out of date'
The warning 9000 jobs could be affected by boosting minimum wage to $20 is 'out of date'.
Minimum wage rise: 175,000 Kiwis set to get a pay rise of $44 a week from April 1
The Council of Trade Unions says estimates of job losses are 'wrong, wrong, wrong'.
'A period of pay restraint:' Govt to send expectation letter to SOE bosses
The letter will make it clear that the Govt is in a 'period of pay restraint'.
What a supercharged Labour Government means for business
Increasing costs will become a focus during Labour's next term in government.
Mood of the boardroom: Wage subsidy a jobsaver for many
Some sectors have even taken on staff writes Tim McCready.
Nick Mowbray: Abuse of wage subsidy has to stop
Profitable companies should pay back millions in wage subsidies they received.
Study highlights ethnic pay gap in public sector, DHBs
Māori staff at DHBs are 56 times less likely to earn over $100,000.
Kiwis' median weekly incomes fall for the first time
Stats NZ labour market statistics reveal how much Kiwis' earnings have fallen.
MPs' Covid pay cut bites, three months after PM's promise
MPs take a 10 per cent cut while ministers, including PM Ardern, get a 20 per cent cut.
The Watercare boss and his $775,000 salary
Raveen Jaduram earns 30 per cent more than the Auckland Council chief executive.
The $12b question: Who got the wage subsidy?
Herald investigation looks at where $12 billion subsidy went.
St John facing staff cuts, aims to save $30 million
St John is aiming to save $30 million to survive the economic impacts of Covid-19.
Focus Live: Wage subsidy boost - 40,000 more firms to get help
Businesses with a 40 per cent reduction in revenue due to Covid-19 are now eligible for the wage subsidy extension.