New Zealand Acts

MINIMUM WAGE ACT 1983 - SECT 4B

4B Prescribed minimum training rate of wages

1 The Governor-General may, by Order in Council, prescribe a minimum training rate payable to 1 or more classes of workers who—

a) are aged 20 years or older; and

b) are not involved in supervising or training other workers; and

c) are employed under contracts of service under which they are required to undergo training, instruction, or examination (as specified in the order) for the purpose of becoming qualified for the occupation to which their contract of service relates.

2 A rate prescribed under subsection (1) must not be less than 80% of the minimum adult rate prescribed under section 4 and may be prescribed as—

a) a monetary amount; or

b) a percentage of the minimum adult rate.

3 An order under this section is secondary legislation (see Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019 for publication requirements).

History: Section 4B: inserted, on 1 May 2013, by section 4 of the Minimum Wage (Starting-out Wage) Amendment Act 2013 (2013 No 8).   Section 4B(3): inserted, on 28 October 2021, by section 3 of the Secondary Legislation Act 2021 (2021 No 7).