The Government’s Savings Work Group this morning recommended changes to KiwiSaver. It stopped short of compulsion, and recommended a resumption of NZ Superannuation Fund contributions and new banking sector regulations
Month: January 2011
Labour bill to ‘Mondayise’ Anzac and Waitangi days
The Labour Party will try to force the Government’s hand to ‘Mondayise’ Anzac Day and Waitangi Day if they fall on a weekend by introducing a member’s bill to make
Minimum wage likely to get ‘modest adjustment’ – Key
7:19 PM Tuesday Jan 25, 2011 Prime Minister John Key has indicated a \”modest adjustment\” to the $12.75 an hour minimum wage is in the pipeline. Speaking at a post-cabinet
First $5k tax free under Labour
1:32 PM Tuesday Jan 25, 2011 Labour leader Phil Goff outlined Labour’s new tax policy at his ‘state of the nation’ address in Auckland this afternoon. It would introduce an
[IRD] Payroll Software Developers Casebook 1 April 2011 to 31 March 2012
The Payroll Specification Team are pleased to advise that the 2012 payroll software developers casebook is now available to be downloaded from the Inland Revenue website. The direct URL
Labour: We will extend paid parental leave period
Labour is promising to extend paid parental leave and make Working for Families more generous for parents of under-2s under its new social welfare policy. Labour’s social development spokeswoman Annette
Auckland workers care most about pay
Aucklanders are more concerned about their salaries than other New Zealanders, according to a survey that goes some way in confirming commonly held stereotypes. Right Management’s Salary Expectations Survey found
Call to ‘Monday-ise’ public holidays gains momentum
Politicians and unions are calling on the Government to move public holidays that fall on weekends to Monday as workers face losing two days off in 2011. Waitangi Day is
Union deals sidestep Govt’s 90 day law
5:30 AM Monday Jan 10, 2011 Unions are protecting thousands of new workers from the Government’s 90-day trial period law by negotiating collective contracts that exempt them from it. But