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On 18 December, Workplace Relations and Safety Minister Iain Lees-Galloway announced that the Government would be raising the minimum wage to NZ$18.90 an hour from April 2020, a $1.20 increase from $17.70.
Raised the minimum wage to $16.50 an hour in 2018, $18.90 in 2020, and $20.00 in 2021, representing and overall increase of around 6% per year [293] Abolished NCEA fees [294] Established the Pike River Recovery Agency with an accompanying ministerial portofolio [289] plus a commitment by minister Andrew Little to re-enter Pike River Mine [13]
Minimum Wage Act 1983: ... the minimum wage is set at $21.20 for adults and $16.96 for the starting-out rate. ... NZ Government employment website;
1 April The minimum wage is increased from $22.70 to $23.15 an hour. [100]Pharmacies become permitted to vaccinate children under the age of five. [101]4 April – The New Zealand Government announces that local councils will have to hold referendums on Māori wards and constituencies.
Since 1 April 2023, the adult minimum wage rate that applies to most employees aged 16 or over has been $22.70 an hour. [34] The starting out minimum rate is $18.16 per hour, and this applies to 16 and 17-year-olds for their first six months of employment, after which they become eligible for the adult minimum wage rate.
New Zealand was the first country to implement a national minimum wage, enacted by its government through the Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Act 1894. [6] Current minimum wage law is described in the Minimum Wage Act 1983.
Allocating NZ$27.3m to end the minimum wage exemption, which allows disabled people to be paid at rates lower than the minimum wage. [1] Investing NZ$20m to boost Covid-19 immunisation and screening coverage for Māori and Pasifika New Zealanders. [1] Investing NZ$147m over the next two years to help schools support disabled students including ...
The Sixth National Government is a coalition government comprising the National Party, ACT Party and New Zealand First that has governed New Zealand since November 2023. The government is headed by Christopher Luxon , the National Party leader and prime minister , along with coalition party leaders David Seymour and Winston Peters .