26 Mar 2008 Increases to the Minimum Wage From 1 April 2008 the minimum wage will rise from $11.25 to $12.00 per hour for adults. However, this is not the only change. The Youth Rate has now been renamed to "New Entrant Workers". A New Entrant Worker is a person aged between 16 and 17 years see more

19 Mar 2008 New Flexi-Hours for Employees The new "Flexi-Hours" ammendment to the Employment Relations Act 2000 (ERA) come into effect in July 2008. This new provision in the ERA will allow the employee to ask the employer to consider allowing the employee to change their working hours and/or see more