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2020/9 Minimum Wage Order 2020 Patsy Reddy, Governor-General Order in Council At Wellington this 17th day of February 2020 Present: Her Excellency the Governor-General in Council This order is made under sections 4, 4A, and 4B of the Minimum Wage Act 1983— on the advice and with the consent of the Executive Council; and on the recommendation of the Minister for Workplace Relations and Safety made after complying with section 5(2) of that Act.
Contents (a) (b) Title Commencement Interpretation Minimum adult rates Minimum starting-out rates Minimum training rates Revocation Order 1 Title This order is the Minimum Wage Order 2020.

Page 1 2 2 3 3 4 4 1 cl 2 Minimum Wage Order 2020 2020/9 2 Commencement This order comes into force on 1 April 2020.
3 (1) Interpretation In this order, unless the context otherwise requires,— Act means the Minimum Wage Act 1983 adult worker— (a) means a worker aged 16 years or more to whom the Act applies; but (b) does not include— (i) (ii) a starting-out worker; or a trainee industry training programme means an industry training programme that leads to a qualification that is registered on the New Zealand Qualifications Framework maintained by the New Zealand Qualifications Authority pursuant to its functions under section 246A of the Education Act 1989 specified social security benefit means the following: (a) (b) (c) (d) (e) (f) emergency benefit: jobseeker support: sole parent support: supported living payment: young parent payment: youth payment starting-out worker means— (a) a worker aged 16 or 17 years to whom the Act applies and who— (i) has not completed 6 months’ continuous employment with their current employer; and (ii) is not involved in supervising or training other workers: (b) a worker aged 18 or 19 years to whom the Act applies and who— (i) (ii) has been continuously paid 1 or more specified social security benefits for not less than 6 months; and has not completed 6 months’ continuous employment with any employer (excluding any employment undertaken before the worker started to be paid any 1 or more specified social security benefits); and (iii) is not involved in supervising or training other workers: (c) a worker aged 16, 17, 18, or 19 years to whom the Act applies and who— 2 2020/9 Minimum Wage Order
 2020 cl 5 (i) is required by their contract of service to undertake at least 40 credits a year of an industry training programme for the purpose of becoming qualified for the occupation to which the contract of service relates; and (ii) is not involved in supervising or training other workers trainee means a worker who is aged 20 years or more to whom the Act applies and who— (a) is required by their contract of service to undertake at least 60 credits a year of an industry training programme for the purpose of becoming qualified for the occupation to which the contract of service relates; and (b) is not involved in supervising or training other workers.
(2) Terms or expressions used and not defined in this order but defined in the Act have, in this order, the same meaning as in the Act.
4 Minimum adult rates The following rates are the minimum rates of wages payable to an adult worker: (a) (b) for an adult worker paid by the hour or by piecework, $18.90 per hour: for an adult worker paid by the day,— (i) (ii) $151.20 per day; and $18.90 per hour for each hour exceeding 8 hours worked by a worker on a day: (c) for an adult worker paid by the week,— (i) (ii) $756 per week; and $18.90 per hour for each hour exceeding 40 hours worked by a worker in a week: (d) in all other cases,— (i) (ii) $1,512 per fortnight; and $18.90 per hour for each hour exceeding 80 hours worked by a worker in a fortnight.
5 Minimum starting-out rates The following rates are the minimum rates of wages payable to a starting-out worker: (a) for a starting-out worker paid by the hour or by piecework, $15.12 per hour: (b) for a starting-out worker paid by the day,— (i) $120.96 per day; and 3 cl 6 Minimum Wage Order 2020 2020/9 (ii) $15.12 per hour for each hour exceeding 8 hours worked by a starting-out worker on a day: (c) for a starting-out worker paid by the week,— (i) (ii) $604.80 per week; and $15.12 per hour for each hour exceeding 40 hours worked by a starting-out worker in a week: (d) in all other cases,— (i) (ii) $1,209.60 per fortnight; and $15.12 per hour for each hour exceeding 80 hours worked by a starting-out worker in a fortnight.
6 Minimum training rates The following rates are the minimum rates of wages payable to a trainee: (a) (b) for a trainee paid by the hour or by piecework, $15.12 per hour: for a trainee paid by the day,— (i) (ii) $120.96 per day; and $15.12 per hour for each hour exceeding 8 hours worked by a trainee on a day: (c) for a trainee paid by the week,— (i) (ii) $604.80 per week; and $15.12 per hour for each hour exceeding 40 hours worked by a trainee in a week: (d) in all other cases,— (i) (ii) $1,209.60 per fortnight; and $15.12 per hour for each hour exceeding 80 hours worked by a trainee in a fortnight.
7 Revocation The Minimum Wage Order 2019 (LI 2019/22) is revoked.

Michael Webster, Clerk of the Executive Council.

Explanatory note This note is not part of the order, but is intended to indicate its general effect.

This order, which comes into force on 1 April 2020, revokes and replaces the Min- imum Wage Order 2019.

4 2020/9 Minimum Wage Order 2020 Explanatory note This order increases the minimum rates of pay for adult workers, starting-out work- ers, and trainees.
The new minimum hourly rates of pay are as follows: • • $18.90 per hour for adult workers (increased from $17.70 per hour); and $15.12 per hour for starting-out workers and trainees (increased from $14.16 per hour).

Regulatory impact assessment The Ministry of Business, Innovation, and Employment produced a regulatory impact assessment on 5 December 2019 to help inform the decisions taken by the Govern- ment relating to the contents of this instrument.
A copy of this regulatory impact assessment can be found at— • • https://www.mbie.govt.nz/business-and-employment/employment-and-skills/ employment-legislation-reviews/minimum-wage-reviews/ http://www.treasury.govt.nz/publications/informationreleases/ria Issued under the authority of the Legislation Act 2012.

Date of notification in Gazette: 20 February 2020.

This order is administered by the Ministry of Business, Innovation, and Employment.
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