Minimum Wage Review: Setting the 2026 rates – Minute of Decision
Published: 12 Dec 2025Cabinet agreed to the 2026 minimum wage rates.
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Cabinet agreed to the 2026 minimum wage rates.
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Cabinet paper seeking agreement to set the 2026 minimum wage rates.
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MBIE analysed the request the Minister received from E tū Union and PSA for Support Workers to be added to Schedule 1A of the Employment Relations Act 2000 (the Act).
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MBIE’s advice to support the Minister’s decision-making on whether Support Workers meet the criteria for extra restructuring protections, and to advise on next steps.
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Cabinet noted the report back and invited the to report back by mid-2025 seeking final policy decisions on the design of leave system.
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Cabinet paper reporting back on the outcomes of targeted consultation and noting proposed change to the direction of the Holidays Act reform.
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Analysis on proposed changes to the Holidays Act 2003. This document accompanied the August 2025 Reforming employment leave legislation Cabinet paper which has already been released.
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Document explaining in more detail the changes to the employment leave system that cabinet has agreed.
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Cabinet paper seeking agreement to policy decisions for new employment leave legislation.
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