Nurses strike: Tens of thousands to walk off the job for 8 hours
14 May, 2021 01:00 AM
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PM Jacinda Ardern describes the government s meeting with the Public Service Association as constructive, referring to last week s wage freeze announcement as a pay guidance. Video / Mark Mitchell
PM Jacinda Ardern describes the government s meeting with the Public Service Association as constructive, referring to last week s wage freeze announcement as a pay guidance. Video / Mark Mitchell
Emma Russell is a health reporter for the New Zealand Heraldemma.russell@nzherald.co.nz
Tens of thousands of nurses from across the country are set to walk off the job for eight hours next month - absolutely furious at the Government s three year pay rise freeze.
Steve Braunias: The secret diary of the Civil Service Pay Freeze
14 May, 2021 05:00 PM
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Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern responded to questions about the public backlash to last week s wage freeze announcement.
Video / Mark Mitchell
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern responded to questions about the public backlash to last week s wage freeze announcement.
Video / Mark Mitchell
OPINION:
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Jacinda Ardern: I don t know why they re calling it a pay freeze! Ha, ha! It s so not a pay freeze! Ho, ho! Anyone who calls it a pay freeze is just being a big silly!
Chris Hipkins: It s a little bit of a pay freeze. But it s not the kind of pay freeze that anyone needs to worry about. You could take this pay freeze home to meet your parents.
The pay freeze debate: Crisis meetings, the Prime Minister steps in as Govt and unions in showdown
14 May, 2021 05:00 PM
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Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern responded to questions about the public backlash to last week s wage freeze announcement.
Video / Mark Mitchell
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern responded to questions about the public backlash to last week s wage freeze announcement.
Video / Mark Mitchell
As journalists headed to a government announcement on pay in the public sector, they walked past Cahill standing at the Beehive reception Cahill was heading in for his regular meeting with Police Minister Poto Williams before going to Police National Headquarters for negotiations on the police pay round.
Pay freeze: Redistribution of public sector CEO salaries better, finance expert suggests
14 May, 2021 08:08 PM
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A finance expert says we need to talk more about pay redistribution, not freezes. Photo / Getty Images
A finance expert says we need to talk more about pay redistribution, not freezes. Photo / Getty Images
RNZ
A Robin Hood -style policy, redistributing the big salaries of public service chief executives to lower-paid workers, would be more effective than the Government-ordered pay freeze, according to a leading business academic.
The directive, which essentially means those in the public sector earning more than $60,000 will only get a pay rise in exceptional circumstances for the next three years, has infuriated some workers.
The Conversations: A wage freeze can come with unintended consequences
12 May, 2021 12:04 AM
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Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and Finance Minister Grant Robertson. Photo / File
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OPINION:
You would be hard pressed to find an economist who would argue against the merits of fiscal responsibility and controlling government debt. This is why it was so hard to believe the Government s rationale for a public sector wage freeze when it is already pouring upwards of $50 billion into the economy in response to Covid-19.
But fiscal responsibility and the need for moderation and restraint were indeed the justifications for the proposed three-year freeze – or restraint – on public sector wages over $60,000 (except in exceptional circumstances).