Brooke van Velden says the modest rise strikes a balance between supporting workers and limiting further costs on business. Photo: RNZ / Angus Dreaver
题图：Brooke van Velden 表示，适度的上涨在支持工人和限制进一步的业务成本之间取得了平衡。 照片：RNZ / Angus Dreaver
The minimum wage for adults will increase by 1.5 percent to $23.50 an hour from April, the government has confirmed.
【澳纽网编译】政府已确认，从 4 月起，成人的最低工资将提高 1.5% 至每小时 23.50 纽币。
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Workplace Relations and Safety Minister Brooke van Velden said the increase mets the coalition government’s commitment to moderate increases to the minimum wage each year, and reflected the current economic climate and labour market conditions.
劳资关系和安全部长 Brooke van Velden 表示，这一增长符合联合政府每年适度提高最低工资的承诺，并反映了当前的经济气候和劳动力市场状况。
Tuesday’s announcement follows a 2 percent increase in April this year that saw the minimum wage rise from $22.70 to $23.15 an hour.
周二的公告是在今年 4 月上涨 2% 之后发布的，最低工资从每小时 22.70 纽币提高到 23.15 纽币。
Training wages and starting wages will increase to $18.80, remaining at 80 percent of the minimum wage for adults.
培训工资和起薪将增加到 18.80 纽币，保持在成人最低工资的 80%。
Van Velden said the economy was still in recovery mode following a sustained period of high interest rates and recessionary conditions.
Van Velden 表示，在经历了持续的高利率和衰退状况之后，经济仍处于复苏模式。
“Delivering a modest increase in the minimum wage strikes the right balance between supporting workers and limiting further costs on business,” she said.
“适度提高最低工资在支持工人和限制进一步的商业成本之间取得了适当的平衡，”她说。
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“This increase also reflects the significant progress the government has now made on inflation, which has now returned to the Reserve Bank’s target band for the first time in more than three years.
“这一增长也反映了政府现在在通胀方面取得的重大进展，通胀现在已回到储备银行的目标区间，这是三年多来的第一次。
As the group most likely to be earning the minimum wage, it was important to ensuring young people weren’t locked out of the job market, Van Velden said.
Van Velden 说，作为最有可能赚取最低工资的群体，确保年轻人不会被排除在就业市场之外非常重要。
“The past three minimum wage announcements have been made in February of the year the increase came into force, leaving businesses only two months to prepare for the change.
“过去三次最低工资公告都是在上调生效当年的 2 月发布的，企业只有两个月的时间来为这一变化做准备。
来源：RNZ
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