Last year the public sector was asked to have nil or minimal pay increases until next month. The Government's Workforce Policy Statement, issued today, sets out its expectations for pay and employment relations in the public sector. "The Public Service Commissioner, who sets the pay of Public Service chief executives, will also not be increasing their pay." Asked what impact the freeze could have on higher-paid staff and potentially moving to the private sector, Hipkins the private sector too was experiencing pay freezes. Public sector wages over the past few years had also outpaced the private sector, and this would allow it to "catch up", he said.

Source: New Zealand Herald May 04, 2021 21:14 UTC