39690 (2024). Teanau Tuiono to the Minister for Workplace Relations and Safety

39690 (2024). Teanau Tuiono to the Minister for Workplace Relations and Safety: How many workers, if any, have been found to be getting paid under the minimum wage in a position as a contractor?

Hon Brooke van Velden: The Minimum Wage Act 1983 does not apply to contractors. As a result, the Employment Relations Authority and the Courts have no jurisdiction to consider claims by contractors and contractors have no way of making a claim for breaches of the Act to the Labour Inspectorate.