Wages news stories

Payroll
Fintech software allows employees to access wages before payday
Paytime is a tech platform that plugs into payroll software allowing employees to access a portion of their earned pay before payday.

Apple iPhone
Three years to afford an iPhone? New global data reveals how long it could take you
The affordability of the latest iPhone model has been put to the test in a new global study, and New Zealanders may have to start saving their pennies.

Accounts payable
Salary satisfaction for Australian IT workers plummets as 75% ask for pay rises
The research, which surveyed over 3,000 employers and employees from across Australia, found three in every four IT workers were planning to ask for a pay rise.

Wellington
IT remains NZ’s highest earning industry as Auckland and Wellington battle for best wages
IT roles filled all of the five highest-paid positions in the second quarter of 2018.

Statistics NZ
NZCTU: New Zealand, we need to talk about wages...
“Unions are ready for more holistic conversations about wages for working people that gives them a fair go at determining what their jobs are worth."

Red Shirt
Warehouse says 63% of permanent staff now on 'career retailer wage'
Mark Powell says he hopes to eventually see someone promoted to his role that started out in the Red Shirts in Schools programme as a 16 year old.