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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.
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. [102]
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 ...
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]
The other states with minimum wage increases put into effect by their own residents were New York, which now has a $15.50 hourly rate — $16.50 for those working in New York City, Long Island ...
In 2023, the minimum wage jumped $1.05 to $13.85, as the Phoenix Metropolitan Area saw 13% year-over-year inflation at one point in 2022. Show comments Advertisement
On 14 April, the New Zealand Government announced a NZ$130 million support package for tertiary students including raising the amount of course related costs able to be claimed per student for the year to NZ$2,000 temporarily, continuing support payments for students unable to study online for up to eight weeks, and ensuring that students whose ...
Minimum Wage Act 1983: [13] sets out the legal framework for New Zealand Employees to receive a minimum wage. Minimum Wage Order 2022: [ 14 ] sets out the current minimum wage rates for employees, for the 2022 financial year.