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25c wage increase all we could afford - Govt
The Govt says its 25 cent increase to the minimum wage - about $10 a week - is all that can be afforded, but unions call it is miserly.
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PM rules out $15 an hour minimum wage this year
Lifting the minimum wage to $15 an hour would be "too significant a hike", the prime minister says.
![Strong support for big rise in minimum wage](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Strong support for big rise in minimum wage
Sixty-one per cent of people want the minimum wage lifted to $15 an hour, a Herald Summer Survey has found.
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ERA rules demotion of PE teacher unfair
A school which demoted a teacher for a series of incidents, including throwing a tennis ball at a student, overstepped the mark, the ERA rules.
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Payout for worker sacked over drugs
A small business has been ordered to pay an employee $12,000 - including $6000 compensation for distress - after he was sacked for supplying cannabis to a workmate.
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Australia opens door to NZ doctors
Plans to make it easier for NZ doctors to work wherever they like in Australia are predicted to worsen this country's medical workforce crisis.
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Ending free Christmas rides affects thousands
Bus drivers are crying 'Scrooge' over the withdrawal of Christmas gift hampers and free Christmas Day bus rides.