Minimum Wage Amendment Act 1974
Minimum Wage Amendment Act 1974
Minimum Wage Amendment Act 1974
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Minimum Wage Amendment Act 1974
Public Act |
1974 No 106 |
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Date of assent |
8 November 1974 |
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Contents
An Act to amend the Minimum Wage Act 1945
BE IT ENACTED by the General Assembly of New Zealand in Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
1 Short Title
This Act may be cited as the Minimum Wage Amendment Act 1974, and shall be read together with and deemed part of the Minimum Wage Act 1945 (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act).
2 Minimum wage for adult workers
Section 2(1) of the principal Act is hereby amended by omitting the words “industrial agreement”
, and substituting the words “collective agreement”
.
3 Deduction for board and lodging
Section 2 of the principal Act is hereby further amended by repealing subsection (4), and substituting the following subsection:
“(4)
In any case where a worker is provided with board or lodging by his employer, the deduction in respect thereof by the employer shall not exceed such amount as will reduce the worker’s wages calculated at the appropriate minimum rate by more than the cash value thereof as fixed by or under any Act, award, collective agreement, or agreement relating to the worker’s employment, or, if it is not so fixed, the deduction in respect thereof by the employer shall not exceed such amount as will reduce the worker’s wages (as so calculated) by more than 15 percent for board or by more than 5 percent for lodging.”
This Act is administered in the Department of Labour.
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