Pay Rise
Stemming the brain drain
With workers heading overseas to new horizons and greener pastures, what are employers doing to retain their staff? Audio
Stemming the brain drain
With workers heading overseas to new horizons and greener pastures, what are employers doing to retain their staff?
AudioHospital service workers to get big pay rise
Around 3500 hospital service workers are set to get pay rise - and they will also be better rewarded for upskilling under their new pay scale. Audio
MPs' pay freeze: Seymour agrees with PM for first time
The Act Party leader, David Seymour, says for the first time ever he agrees with the Prime Minister after she moved to freeze MPs pay for a year. Jacinda Ardern announced last night MPs would not be… Audio
District health boards confident in finding new nurses
The long-running hospital nurses' pay dispute is over but there is scepticism about how fast hospital staffing levels will improve. One emergency department nurse, who wants to be identified as Julia… Audio
Nurses near end of pay deal vote, outcome uncertain
Hospital nurses are nearing the end of meetings and voting on a proposed pay deal with their employers. District health boards have offered nurses and midwives two pay rises of two percent, a lump-sum… Audio
Ex-EEO commissioner celebrates resthome workers pay rise
Former Equal Opportunities Commissioner Judy McGregor calls the pay rise for resthome workers "fantastic, magnificent". She went undercoveran worked in a home for a week to find out what working… Audio
Unions calls for Government to step up over wages
Unions are calling for the Government to put its money where its mouth is by giving public sector workers a decent pay rise. Audio