Otago bus drivers are still not receiving a pay increase promised to them last year due to a bus company deeming it "difficult" to implement without causing issues in other regions, an Otago regional councillor says. Cr Marian Hobbs said she was "dismayed" when bus drivers came to councillors at the beginning of this year to say they were still not receiving the wage increase. She believed the company was concerned that paying only its Otago bus drivers the living wage, and not its bus drivers in other regions, could cause complexities. "I know there is a lot of activity going on around [the living wage] at the moment, and hopefully it comes to fruition for the drivers fairly soon. Ritchies bus company did not respond to questions from the Otago Daily Times.

Source: Otago Daily Times April 30, 2021 16:40 UTC