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![Matthew Hooton: Government’s savings programme half-hearted, poorly targeted](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=783)
Matthew Hooton: Government’s savings programme half-hearted, poorly targeted
OPINION: With the dire need to cut costs, agencies should have to justify why they exist.
![Tesla asks shareholders to restore $94b Elon Musk pay package](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=783)
Tesla asks shareholders to restore $94b Elon Musk pay package
EV maker has falling global sales, ageing model lineup, tumbling stock price.
![Exxon chief earns four times as much as bosses at Shell and BP](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=783)
Exxon chief earns four times as much as bosses at Shell and BP
Financial Times: The $61.4m packet underlines vast disparity between European and US pay.
![MPs ‘probably’ deserve pay rises, former minister says](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=783)
MPs ‘probably’ deserve pay rises, former minister says
MPs need to stop turning down pay rises, Chris Finlayson says.
![Political Roundup: Should politicians get a big rise? Or a 7.5 per cent pay cut?](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=783)
Political Roundup: Should politicians get a big rise? Or a 7.5 per cent pay cut?
Many in Government are being hit with pay cuts or redundancies. Except Parliament.
![PM’s pay pickle: MPs’ pay rises loom amid public sector cuts](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=783)
PM’s pay pickle: MPs’ pay rises loom amid public sector cuts
The independent Remuneration Authority will soon decide if MPs should get a pay rise.
![Sasha Borissenko: How Brooke van Velden is making her mark on employment law](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=783)
Sasha Borissenko: How Brooke van Velden is making her mark on employment law
Why the Uber case was a huge employment protection win for the underdog.
![Treasury set to axe 50 jobs](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=783)
Treasury set to axe 50 jobs
Final numbers cannot be confirmed until Budget decisions are announced in May.
![Leaked docs reveal Health Ministry chose to cut 134 staff rather than trim executive pay](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=783)
Leaked docs reveal Health Ministry chose to cut 134 staff rather than trim executive pay
The ministry is proposing job cuts to meet its savings targets.
![Diary of an officer: Why police are moving to Australia](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=783)
Diary of an officer: Why police are moving to Australia
Police have rejected the Government’s pay offers. Here's why.
![All the cash boosts Kiwis will get from April 1 - and the new tax increase](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=783)
All the cash boosts Kiwis will get from April 1 - and the new tax increase
Thousands will be affected by the changes in just a few days' time.
![Do Kiwis really have the world's best 'work-life balance'?](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=783)
Do Kiwis really have the world's best 'work-life balance'?
Aotearoa works hard and plays hard... But, importantly, not too hard says the study.
![Opinion: Why the 'motherhood penalty' isn’t to blame for the pay gap](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=783)
Opinion: Why the 'motherhood penalty' isn’t to blame for the pay gap
OPINION: Employers need to look at why they don’t allow the flexibility parents need.
![We need to talk about the gender pay gap](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=783)
We need to talk about the gender pay gap
OPINION: The pay gap actually has little to do with employers short-changing women.
![Double the pay: Kiwi nurses still heading to Oz despite big pay rises at home](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=783)
Double the pay: Kiwi nurses still heading to Oz despite big pay rises at home
One nurse says she gets twice the pay, free return airfares, accommodation and a car.
![Editorial: Brace for some serious economic pain ahead](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=783)
Editorial: Brace for some serious economic pain ahead
OPINION: Credit and mortgage distress is rising fast as interest rates bite.
![NIWA staff file personal grievance claims over health insurance, picket](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=783)
NIWA staff file personal grievance claims over health insurance, picket
PSA says unionised staff denied access to health insurance given to non-union employees.
![Watch: Fair dinkum! Kiwis stunned after video reveals whopping Aussie tradies' salaries](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=783)
Watch: Fair dinkum! Kiwis stunned after video reveals whopping Aussie tradies' salaries
“Deep regret going to Uni, studying an undergraduate and a masters to be on $70k."
![Political Roundup: Labour's worst week highlights its existential crisis](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=783)
Political Roundup: Labour's worst week highlights its existential crisis
OPINION: The Labour Party's fortunes go from bad to worse.
![To hike or not to hike - economists divided on RBNZ's big rate call](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=783)
To hike or not to hike - economists divided on RBNZ's big rate call
ANZ is expecting the official cash rate to be raised from 5.5 per cent next week.
![Public sector wages hit record high, driven by health settlement](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=783)
Public sector wages hit record high, driven by health settlement
A new report shows public sector wages rose higher than those in the private sector.