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Proactive release of pay equity documents

31 July 2025

The Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE), the Public Service Commission, and the Treasury have today proactively released advice relating to the recent changes to the pay equity system.

Workplace relations

Pay deductions for partial strikes to be reintroduced

10 December 2024

Workplace Relations and Safety Minister Brooke van Velden has announced that a change to collective bargaining will be made in the Employment Relations Act 2000.

Workplace relations

Minimum wage rising to $23.15 per hour from 1 April 2024

01 February 2024

The Workplace Relations and Safety Minister has announced that the adult minimum wage will be rising to $23.15 per hour from 1 April 2024. This is an increase of 45 cents per hour from the current hourly rate of $22.70.

Employment regulation Workplace relations

Parental leave payments to increase from 1 July 2023

19 June 2023

The Associate Minister for Workplace Relations and Safety announced today that parental leave payments will increase by 7.7 percent from 1 July 2023, to reflect the 7.7 percent rise in the average weekly earnings.

Workplace relations

Parental leave payments to increase from 1 July 2022

13 June 2022

The Minister for Workplace Relations and Safety announced today that parental leave payments will increase by 6.33% from Friday, 1 July 2022, to reflect the 6.33% rise in the average weekly earnings.

Workplace relations

Survey of New Zealand Employers

10 June 2022

The Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment has recently released the National Survey of Employment Intentions (NSEI). This reports on changes in workforce size and composition, and workplace arrangements between March 2020 and 6 and 12 months later.

Workplace relations Labour market and skills Employment and skills

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