2021-04-01 04:06:14 GMT2021-04-01 12:06:14(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
WELLINGTON, April 1 (Xinhua) Changes to the minimum wage, main benefit levels and superannuation rates that come into force on Thursday will raise the income for around 1.4 million New Zealanders. Over the last financial year, the average wages for working New Zealanders lifted 3.1 percent, this means Superannuation and Benefit Levels will also be lifted by the same amount, Minister for Social Development and Employment Carmel Sepuloni said in a statement.
This is the second rise in Main Benefits under the new indexation to wage rates. Under the previous indexation to the Consumer Price Index, beneficiaries would have only received a 1.15 percent rise, Sepuloni said.
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Source: New Zealand Government
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