 |
[ login or create an account ]
|
|
[ login or create an account ]
|
Blog entry (21)
News (1701)
Politics (933)
Business (454)
National (298)
Entertainment (3)
Lifestyle (7)
Health (27)
Employment (24)
Food (3)
Movies (2)
Property (1)
Fuseworks Media (1689)
Chris Ford (17)
Voxy Newswire (11)
Byron (1)
Matt Rahman (1)
Caucus Race (1)
Dallas Boyd (1)
Paul Taylor (1)
I'm looking for ...
Displaying 41 - 50 of 1722 results
Subscribe to an RSS feed of this search 
Responding to the developing threat of COVID-19 to the New Zealand economy, the New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union has released a paper outlining its recommendations in advance of the Government’s package being announced tomorrow.
Federated Farmers congratulates the Reserve Bank on a decisive monetary policy stimulus in response to the worsening economic situation, cutting the OCR to 0.25%.
Auckland Action Against Poverty is calling on the Government to urgently make our welfare system fit-for-purpose to handle the effects of COVID-19 and a likely recession.
"The recent release by TVNZ of the gender pay gap for its highest earning staff shows that New Zealand businesses still disadvantage women", says the National Advisory Council on the Employment of Women (NACEW).
Government needs to step up right now and deliver a comprehensive economic package to enable businesses across the spectrum to fight off the impacts of coronavirus, including cashflows, threatening job losses and the ongoing commercial sustainability of viable enterprises.
Denial of basic sick leave rights to hospitality workers is a now a major threat to the whole country according to Unite Union.
Labour, the Greens and NZ First need to act with more urgency to support businesses and should immediately reprioritise Shane Jones’ slush fund to be used for job support, Leader of the Opposition Simon Bridges says.
"COVID-19 will require the Government to stop the gesture politics, put its damaging policies on hold and cut taxes", according to ACT Leader David Seymour speaking today on the Budget Policy Statement.
The Finance Minister’s refusal to accept that a further substantial increase to the minimum wage will add costs to businesses shows Labour, the Greens and NZ First’s poor understanding of the realities of business, National’s Finance spokesperson Paul Goldsmith says.
"Jacinda Ardern and Grant Robertson’s ideological objections to delaying an increase to the minimum wage will ultimately hurt workers", says ACT Leader David Seymour.
Voxy: Your Voice