There are currently hundreds of New Zealanders being paid as little as $2 an hour to work. How is that legal? Josh McKenzie-Brown reports for Attitude.
Right now in New Zealand there are men and women earning less than $3 per hour. Legally. Under the Minimum Wage Act 1983 (MWA) businesses can apply for an exemption to pay an employee with a disability less than the minimum wage, on the basis they are less productive.
Even our national airline, Air New Zealand, hires workers at this rate. To untangle headphones.
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