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Contractor Bill defeated BusinessNZ supports the decision by Parliament today todefeat the Minimum Wage (Contractor Remuneration) Amendment Bill. The Bill would have imposed regulations on contracts forservices, requiring those in contracting arrangements to be paid the equivalentof the minimum wage or higher. BusinessNZ Chief Executive Kirk Hope says the opposition...

Contractor Bill confused BusinessNZ says a new Bill coming up forvote in Parliament is confused.  The ContractorBill* could be passed into law next week, as a result of a vote switch by MPPeter Dunne. BusinessNZsays the Contractor Bill aims to pay contractors a minimum wage, but isbased on a confusion...

New Zealand’s services sector experienced a dip in expansion levels during July, according to the BNZ - BusinessNZ Performance of Services Index (PSI)...
New Zealand's manufacturing sector continued to show stable growth in activity for July, according to the latest BNZ - BusinessNZ Performance of Manufacturing Index (PMI)....