Pay equity move may hurt economy
COMMENT: New legislation eliminating gender disparity could result in companies closing.
COMMENT: New legislation eliminating gender disparity could result in companies closing.
Pay equity for teacher aides and preschool teachers set to cost around $100m a year each.
Slightly more Kiwi graduates are staying in the country, despite falling pay rates.
Mental health support workers were excluded from the recent pay equity settlement.
COMMENT: Wage growth is the missing piece of the global economic recovery.
COMMENT: Auckland Council's living wage puts the cart before the horse of productivity.
You might know how your salary compares locally, but ever wondered about globally?
Legislation aims to keep pay equity comparison within the workplace.
EDITORIAL: Deal for residential carers could have an impact beyond the incomes of women.
Longevity and more patients set to keep doctors among best-paid professions.
Despite the pay gap between mothers and fathers, parents make more than childless men and women.
The real minimum wage needed for a family to have a decent standard of living is about to rise to $20.20 an hour, says the Living Wage movement.
This janitor clocked so much overtime that he took home $344,000 in a single year - but was allegedly caught out hiding in a closet for hours.
Australia Post has tried to keep its CEO's salary a secret due to "media scrutiny." It's no wonder why, at this eye-watering figure.
COMMENT: Amongst the many reasons for accepting legislation on equal wages is the fact that it is the right thing to do.
Some UK bosses have argued their staff were not deserving of minimum wage as they were not British, a study reveals.
A Dunedin games developer has made headlines across the globe after bemoaning ''the hard truth'' about making virtual reality games.
COMMENT: NZ could be first country in the world to pay people fairly for the work they do regardless of their sex.
COMMENT: Total remuneration means all the employment benefits are reflected in the salary or wages.
COMMENT: Allowing a flood of low-skilled migrants is frustrating that market mechanism with the short-term aim of keeping wages low for employers.
New Zealand consumer confidence dipped in August with respondents expecting house price growth to slow.
The annual report shows Adamson's base remuneration lifted to $1,956,250 from $1,875,000.
Eight weeks after being awarded $15,518 in unpaid wages and reparation, sacked Otara tyre worker Patrick Toia is yet to receive a cent.
Kiwis are unaware they're owed billions in back pay - and $1m a day is being written off, writes Sam Huggard.
The traditional annual increase doesn't work in this economy anymore, says an expert. So some companies are trying to break away from this system.
This year has carried hopes of a breakthrough for "pay equity", which means equal pay for women not just with men doing the same work but with men doing different work.
COMMENT: Progress on equal pay has been glacial since our Equal Pay Act was passed closed to half a century ago, writes Catriona MacLennan, Vicky Mee and Judy McGregor.
INTERACTIVE: We reveal what bosses of New Zealand's biggest companies earn and what kind of pay rises they've been getting.