Government ignores MBIE s advice to delay and reduce minimum wage hike
6 Jan, 2021 04:00 PM
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Willie Jackson, the Government s holiday period Duty Minister, (pictured here with Finance Minister Grant Robertson, left) defended the minimum wage decision. Photo / Mark Mitchell
The Government s decision to push ahead with a large minimum wage hike in April flouts bureaucrats advice to both delay and severely temper the increase. The Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment (MBIE) provided the Government with a review, dated December 2020, which advised delaying the 2021 minimum wage increase until October, and prescribed only a very modest rise of 25 cents, or 1.3 per cent.