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Tell the Government your Thoughts: Wage Supplements and Minimum Wage Exemption Permits
At ADL we see people on
Minimum Wage Exemptions Permits getting extremely low wages.
These Minimum Wage Exemption Permits let a workplace pay
disabled workers less than the minimum wage. We believe
disabled people should have the same rights as everyone
else, including the right to the minimum wage when they have
a job.
The Government wants to know what you think about using a Wage Supplement as an alternative to Minimum Wage Exemption Permits. A Wage Supplement would be paid to the employer by the Government. The employer would have to pay the employee the minimum wage or more.
This is
your chance to share your experiences of Minimum Wage
Exemption Permits and your thoughts on a Wage
Supplement:
• Is it fair to pay disabled people less
than the minimum wage?
• A wage supplement means that
the government helps employers pay the minimum wage: What do
you like about this idea? What are the risks?
• Should
the government pay the same wage supplement amount for all
eligible people, or should they pay different amounts based
on people’s skills and abilities?
Your Feedback on Wage Supplements as an alternative to Minimum Wage Exemption Permits must be received by Sunday 14 April 2019.
Ways to Give Feedback
Complete the online survey
about the wage supplement proposal at Minimum Wage Exemption Consultation at
Survey Monkey
Write your own
submission
• Email it to: Wage Supplement Consultation
• Post
it to: PO Box 406, Rangiora 7440
Please Note
If
you want parts of your written submission to be private, you
must say this, and explain why.
Submissions can be
obtained through Official Information Act requests. We
suggest you do not include identifying details such as
names, addresses, and employers in your submission. To find
out what will happen with your information go
to:
• Page 4 of the Wage Supplement Discussion Document
• Page 40 and page 41 of the Easy Read Wage Supplement Discussion
Document
More Information
For more
information about the proposed Wage Supplement, go
to:
• Wage Supplement Consultation Discussion
Document
• Easy Read Wage Supplement Consultation
Discussion Document
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