{
  "id": 17820714,
  "title": "Hospital staff wait five months for agreed pay rise to kick in",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/02/hospital-staff-wait-five-months-for-agreed-pay-rise-to-kick-in",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-11-02T15:42:47.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "RNZ Business",
    "slug": "rnz-business",
    "url": "https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/health/2305417/hospital-staff-wait-five-months-for-agreed-pay-rise-to-kick-in"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The agreed 2.5 percent pay increase and $1000 lump sum won't reach workers' pockets until January next year, with Health NZ saying it has a backlog of collective agreements to implement.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}