A comprehensive package of reforms to the benefit system unveiled today will shift more people off Jobseeker Support into employment and introduce tougher consequences...
The Regulatory Systems (Social Security) Amendment Bill, intended for its first reading in Parliament, was unexpectedly discharged after no minister was available to present...
Civil Defence payments are now available for people affected by the severe weather in Hawke’s Bay and Tairāwhiti to help cover some emergency costs,...
Jobseeker beneficiaries who have work obligations must now meet with MSD within two weeks of their benefit starting to determine their next step towards...
Social Development Minister Louise Upston has announced an increase in benefit sanctions starting June, focusing particularly on young jobseekers.
The Ministry of Social Development (MSD)...
Benefit numbers released today paint a grim picture of the previous government’s economic mismanagement, Social Development and Employment Minister, Louise Upston says.
“The fact there...
National will do more to get unemployed people off the Jobseeker benefit and into suitable work, including introducing more sanctions for those who persistently...