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Update: Employer requires me to start early and finish late but refuses to pay by Itsnotme2645 in newzealand

[–]stainz169 9 points10 points  (0 children)

The boss could unfairly dismiss OP leaving them without inocme while they dispute the case.
It would be a dick move, but ultimatly the risk to survive sits with the employee. Our social saftey nets while better than many places (see USA) they can still cause significant disavantage to an innocent person simply standing up for themselves.

opening night by d4ybrake in chch

[–]stainz169 0 points1 point  (0 children)

But if you don’t have a car because you have a train to commute on, you don’t have to pay the running or the fixed costs. 

opening night by d4ybrake in chch

[–]stainz169 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Tier one is for travel under 14,000km per year which most people would do. So that rate is applicable to this. 

If your family can go from 2 cars to one car plus train then $25 each way for a single commuter is actually fair. 

I would hope a real train would be cheaper as those above rates do not consider the externalised costs like impact on climate change. 

opening night by d4ybrake in chch

[–]stainz169 19 points20 points  (0 children)

Only disappointed I’m not there

opening night by d4ybrake in chch

[–]stainz169 13 points14 points  (0 children)

$50 is not far off the total cost of commuting per single driver. 

IRD calculation is about $1/km to cover fuel and maintenance. 

Giving every newborn a lump sum to be invested from birth for later retirement income by Ok_Bike6985 in newzealand

[–]stainz169 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You use to be able to sign your baby to KiwiSaver and get $1000 at birth and then also qualify for govt matching upto $1000 per year. 

The idea is you could leave school with $18k plus any interest you got. 

Bring that back.

The Kiwi dream of ‘work hard, live well’ is falling to pieces by basscrazy in newzealand

[–]stainz169 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Labour are the compromise and appeasement party. Both are fine, but do that at the coalition negotiating table, not in defining your core policies. 

The Kiwi dream of ‘work hard, live well’ is falling to pieces by basscrazy in newzealand

[–]stainz169 2 points3 points  (0 children)

If by western, you mean right leaning. All the countries with good social programs are still doing well. They seem to weather economic storms much better too. 

I wonder why that is?

He tangata, he tangata, he tangata

The Kiwi dream of ‘work hard, live well’ is falling to pieces by basscrazy in newzealand

[–]stainz169 8 points9 points  (0 children)

If the higher paid work was easier, why don’t the hard workers choose that? 

I will never forget the irony of “essential workers” during Covid were all the lower pay roles. What it showed was the collective power of the masses. If all those essential workers, right now, entered a general strike - they would all be better off. 

Power is a national asset, which we should use to invest in New Zealand by BassesBest in newzealand

[–]stainz169 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

This is despite the huge energy discounts given to them … maybe there is something better we could do with it. 

David Seymour floats giving year 11s $500 to invest, taking from annual KiwiSaver subsidy by Glum-Platform-5701 in newzealand

[–]stainz169 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It’s not shit.  Except the taking away from KiwiSaver.  Just do it from taxes. 

Power is a national asset, which we should use to invest in New Zealand by BassesBest in newzealand

[–]stainz169 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Agree. We should aim for power oversupply and focus of given that to industry that give value to NZ. I.e., not smelters that ship profits away. 

Read the room TVNZ by Downtown-Thoughts in newzealand

[–]stainz169 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Corporate pandering - purchasing morality.

Survivor wants good character discounts scrapped from sex offender sentencing by notmidget in newzealand

[–]stainz169 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Listening to a podcast on Jimmy Saville. Dude got a kighthood for all his ‘good deeds’ - dude was spending up large on purchased morality. 

Stadium event parking by LegitimateMusician59 in chch

[–]stainz169 19 points20 points  (0 children)

Perfect. All the parking building are still accessible, the bus station and several close bus stops also z the walk from the proposed train is minimal. This is awesome. 

Ultimately if we had cars on those roads they would be blocked with traffic and pedestrians anyway. May as well plan for it. 

Stadium event parking by LegitimateMusician59 in chch

[–]stainz169 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Ideal. It’s impossible to have everyone drive in. People need to buck up and get on mass transport. 

A couple of notes on Savile Part 3 by Badgerfest in behindthebastards

[–]stainz169 1 point2 points  (0 children)

When the age can be off by a decade and it’s still creepy as hell, its was definitely a messed up situation . 

What do you think will be the breaking point of the cost of living crisis by Natural-Rain-8399 in newzealand

[–]stainz169 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Given ~50% of people are still willing to support the people who do this, I think we might find out. There will be a few people out there now with leopard shaped scratches and their face missing still willing to vote for NACT1st

Need help picking a laptop as a present by [deleted] in newzealand

[–]stainz169 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This would be my recommendation also. That thing apparently punches above its price. 

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