The minimum wage is going up again!

Publish date
Tuesday, 24 Jan 2017, 2:47PM
Photo / Simpsons

Photo / Simpsons

Good news, team!

Workplace Relations and Safety Minister Michael Woodhouse has announced that the minimum wage will increase by 50 cents to $15.75 an hour on April 1!

The starting-out and training hourly minimum wage rates will increase from $12.20 to $12.60 per hour, remaining at 80 per cent of the adult minimum wage.

"An increase to $15.75 will benefit approximately 119,500 workers and will increase wages throughout the economy by $65 million per year.

The increase is the fourth successive 50c increase. The rate was raised from $13.75 to $14.25 in April 2014, then to $14.75 in 2015 and $15.25 last year.

- NZ Herald

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