Minimum wage

ACT wants to freeze the minimum wage, create training wage set at 60% for youth workers, arguing 'higher wages require businesses that can grow'

ACT wants to freeze the minimum wage, create training wage set at 60% for youth workers, arguing 'higher wages require businesses that can grow'

NZ First leader Winston Peters says an increase to the minimum wage could be on the table next year, as Cabinet approves second effective cut

NZ First leader Winston Peters says an increase to the minimum wage could be on the table next year, as Cabinet approves second effective cut

The Coalition Government is slowing minimum wage increases below inflation but research suggests the policy settings don’t matter that much for the wider economy

The Coalition Government is slowing minimum wage increases below inflation but research suggests the policy settings don’t matter that much for the wider economy

Coalition Government lifts minimum wage to $23.15 which the Council of Trade Unions says is a cut in real terms

Coalition Government lifts minimum wage to $23.15 which the Council of Trade Unions says is a cut in real terms

NZ’s workplace rules will change again with each new government – unless we do this

NZ’s workplace rules will change again with each new government – unless we do this

Hipkins ditches social insurance, TVNZ-RNZ merger, hate speech law and biofuels mandate; minimum wage to rise 7%; unspecified Three Waters changes flagged

Hipkins ditches social insurance, TVNZ-RNZ merger, hate speech law and biofuels mandate; minimum wage to rise 7%; unspecified Three Waters changes flagged

Jenée Tibshraeny struggles to identify quick fixes to soothe the pain of inflation and the necessary tightening of financial conditions

Jenée Tibshraeny struggles to identify quick fixes to soothe the pain of inflation and the necessary tightening of financial conditions

Minimum wage to rise by 6% - in line with inflation, but not a large enough jump to reach the living wage; MBIE and business lobby fear Covid-affected businesses will struggle

Minimum wage to rise by 6% - in line with inflation, but not a large enough jump to reach the living wage; MBIE and business lobby fear Covid-affected businesses will struggle

Cleaners, security guards and catering staff who contract to government departments to be paid the living wage; Minimum wage likely to go up again next year

Cleaners, security guards and catering staff who contract to government departments to be paid the living wage; Minimum wage likely to go up again next year

Economist Brian Easton has a crunch of minimum wages facts and thinking

Economist Brian Easton has a crunch of minimum wages facts and thinking

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern indicates COVID-19 won't prevent a minimum wage hike next year

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern indicates COVID-19 won't prevent a minimum wage hike next year

To beat Covid-19, European New Zealanders need to stop taking for granted essential services provided by crowded migrant communities who reside, out of sight and out of mind, south of the Auckland Isthmus, between the Tamaki River & Manukau Harbour

To beat Covid-19, European New Zealanders need to stop taking for granted essential services provided by crowded migrant communities who reside, out of sight and out of mind, south of the Auckland Isthmus, between the Tamaki River & Manukau Harbour

Minimum wage to increase by 5.8% to $20 an hour in April, as per Labour's pre-Covid commitment

Minimum wage to increase by 5.8% to $20 an hour in April, as per Labour's pre-Covid commitment

Green Party's wealth tax sees Jacinda Ardern distance herself from the policy and National lump Labour in with the Greens

Green Party's wealth tax sees Jacinda Ardern distance herself from the policy and National lump Labour in with the Greens