Thursday 17 July
About 500 lab workers employed by medical testing company – Awanui – have settled on a 9.2 percent salary increase after six months of strike action. The PSA is urging health officials to reopen consultation into proposals to close an Auckland mental health facility, citing concerns about predetermination. Camilla Belich’s member’s bill that seeks to stop employers enforcing gag orders on workers talking about their salaries is likely to pass into law. Big electricity retailers will now have to offer cheaper prices for off-peak power use prices, and fair prices to people who sell surplus power to the grid from roof top solar panels at peak times.
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