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Minimum wage to increase $1.50 from tomorrow

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Newstalk ZB,
Publish Date
Fri, 31 Mar 2023, 8:30am
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Minimum wage to increase $1.50 from tomorrow

Author
Newstalk ZB,
Publish Date
Fri, 31 Mar 2023, 8:30am

The cost of living crisis has hit many New Zealanders hard, but some help is on the way. From the beginning of April, increases to the pension, benefit, student allowance and childcare subsidies will benefit 1.4 million Kiwis.

At the same time, the minimum wage will also increase by $1.50 to $22.70 per hour.

Hospitality NZ CEO Julie White joined the Mike Hosking Breakfast to discuss how the increase will impact on businesses.

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