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Minimum Wage Increase

Posted by on 19 March 2014 | 0 Comments

On 1 April the adult minimum wage increases to $14.25 per hour, and the starting-out and training wage increases to $11.40 per hour.

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Amendments to Youth Rate

Posted by on 24 March 2013 | 0 Comments

Tags: Legislation

A Bill for an Act to amend the Minimum Wage Act 1983 to make a number of changes to the ways in which minimum rates of wages may be prescribed by Order in Council. These include introducing the ability to set 1 or more starting-out rates of wages (payable at not less than 80% of the minimum adult rate of wages) for eligible young people aged 16, 17, 18, or 19 years who are not supervising or training other workers, repealing the ability to set the current new entrant rate, and changing the criteria for setting the current training rate.

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‘Mondayisation’ bill to go ahead

Posted by on 24 March 2013 | 0 Comments

Tags: Legislation Changes

The Holidays Amendment Bill to “Mondayise” Waitangi day and ANZAC day has now been passed into legislation. If either of those days fall on a Saturday or Sunday, which is not otherwise a working day for the employee, then the public holiday will be treated as falling on the following Monday.

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