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'A bit rich': Union says NBR Rich List shows deep divide in NZ
The union says the Rich List and the teacher strikes have a few things in common.
The union says the Rich List and the teacher strikes have a few things in common.
June quarter shows gender pay gap the second-smallest in history.
"There is going to have to be significant movement on their side."
"It's about making sure that women get a fair deal in the workplace," Hipkins said.
High-profile pay deals in the public sector could trigger demands across labour market.
Economists are expecting the second-quarter unemployment rate to remain steady.
COMMENT: Desk clerks in the public service have no case for a big pay increase.
Pay gaps don't seem to be as much of a problem in lower-paid professions.
COMMENT: Who deserves to be paid more, nurses or teachers?
Teachers to vote later this month about whether to accept the ministry's latest pay offer.
The move means 230 council staff will have their pay bumped up after July 1.
COMMENT: Wages are not set by a market, they reflect unequal bargaining power.
COMMENT: In my late twenties, I learned what it was like to live hand to mouth.
Nineteen teacher aides, cleaners and other staff will go up to the living wage in January.
Nurses say they are "distressed" and "disappointed" with latest pay offer.
'Motherhood penalty' is worse for mothers who take more than a year off paid work.
International students say many are working for below minimum wage with no rights.
A new two-year contract will be put to bus drivers for ratification early next week.
COMMENT: Setting a bottom price for labour key in civilised society.
For decades, wage and salary earners have been getting a smaller bite of the economic pie
The rise in the living wage rate is the smallest in five years.
Business leaders weigh in on the increase of the minimum wage today.
Minimum wage, student allowances, superannuation and benefits are set to increase.
Equal pay champion Kristine Bartlett beat Mike King and a microbiologist for the award.
COMMENT: Economists are hoping to see wages rise in 2018 - but the odds aren't great.
Revealed: which companies are at the greatest risk when wages increase.
But a business lobby group is worried the government's gender equality plan won't succeed
EDITORIAL: Power is swinging back to labour but the Government still needs to take care.
There will be a 'dramatic' shake-up in the country's workplaces in 2018, say experts
Employees in the driver's seat as businesses struggle to find personnel, survey finds.