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Government urged to rethink public sector pay freeze decision

Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Grant Robertson and Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern
Photo: 2020 Getty Images
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Grant Robertson both fronted the media today to explain the rationale behind it.
The policy was unveiled last week and means for those earning over $100,000, it will be a complete freeze.
For those earning over $60,000 it will be a freeze unless under exceptional circumstances. For the 25 percent of public sector workers earning below $60,000, it will be business as usual.
The announcement drew immediate criticism, and fears over what it could do for staffing shortages if workers decided to look elsewhere. ....

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Chris Hipkins on public sector pay: 'It's the opposite of austerity'

Public Service Minister Chris Hipkins denies the government is engaging in bad faith bargaining with unions after its decision to restrict public sector wage increases.
Public Service Minister Chris Hipkins, left, and Finance Minister Grant Robertson (file photo).
Photo: RNZ / Samuel Rillstone
Public service workers who earn more over $100,000 a year can expect no pay rise until at least 2024, under the policy announced last week. For those earning over $60,000 it will be a freeze unless under exceptional circumstances. For the 25 percent of public sector workers earning below $60,000, it will be business as usual.
The Public Service Association will meet Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern today to hammer home its objections to the announcement. PSA president Benedict Furguson said the union hoped the government would back down, change, amend the decision. ....

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