Pay

The government is facing the prospect of yet more strikes in schools.

Secondary principals have walked away from their pay talks with the Education Ministry, with unions saying it doesn't have enough… Audio

Christchurch City Council's new CEO Dawn Baxendale will be paid an annual salary of just under $500,000 - $100,000 more than her predecessor, Karleen Edwards, who finished her five year contract in… Audio

Primary School Principals have rejected the government's latest pay offer, despite primary school teachers accepting it. The deal would leave principals at smaller schools earning less than senior… Audio

The pay offers aimed at breaking the deadlock in the teachers' pay dispute have come as a kick in the guts for hundreds of small primary school principals, who say they will end up receiving less pay… Audio

School principals warn that talks aimed at solving the industrial stalemate between the government and teacher unions will fail unless the government improves its pay offers to teachers. Audio

Associate Education Minister Tracey Martin says she's not sure who is responsible for raising teachers' pay expectations to unrealistic levels - but it certainly isn't this government. She spoke with… Video, Audio

Some teachers whose qualifications are still being processed are being paid a temporary wage which ends up being less than $17.70 an hour. Stephanie Mills from the NZ Education Institute joins us to… Audio

Primary school teachers have rejected a pay offer of $700 million over four years. NZEI president Lynda Stuart tells Lisa Owen why. Video, Audio

Primary school teachers are considering more strikes after they voted against the government's latest pay offer, which they say wasn't very different to those they'd already rejected. Video, Audio

Former Australian Westpac boss David Morgan says the pressure chief executives deal with accounts for their high pay. In a new biography Morgan says CEOs are "ridiculously over paid" but he says the… Audio

A Law Society survey has found there is little difference in the salaries between the sexes in the first 10 years' of practice. Then after about 10 years a glass ceiling appears. Women lawyers are… Audio

The PPTA has rejected the government's latest pay offer, emphasising that the issue is about both pay and improving working conditions Audio

Oranga Tamariki social workers have reached agreement in principle on a pay equity settlement worth $114.6 million over five years. The PSA Union's National Secretary Erin Polaczuk joins Kathryn to… Audio

Court sittings throughout the country were put on hold for two hours' today after workers from the Ministry of Justice walked off the job, demanding better pay. Video, Audio

People are boycotting household staple Sistema's products as bargaining continues for better pay and conditions for its workers, who have been in negotiations with the company since February. Audio

An Auckland officer says his younger colleagues are struggling to make ends meet, in a letter to the police association.  Audio