How is it legal to get paid $2 an hour? | Alice Snedden’s Bad News | The Spinoff

Roughly 900 people get paid between $2 and $5 an hour at work in Aotearoa as a result of the minimum wage exemption. Although it is a government initiative to get more people with learning disabilities into the workplace, it still makes Alice feel bad and weird. In this episode she speaks to former minister for disability issues Carmel Sepuloni, disability rights lawyer Huhana Hickey, Altus CEO Martin Wylie and workers Tatiana Tupou and Samantha Gillespie about the pros and cons of the exemption. 🎞 Alice Snedden’s Bad News takes one curious comedian inside the most complex and controversial issues facing Aotearoa today. Made with the support of NZ On Air WEBSITE: http://thespinoff.co.nz FACEBOOK:   / thespinofftv   TWITTER:   / thespinofftv   INSTAGRAM:   / thespinofftv   The audio description of this episode is available at Attitude Live: https://attitudelive.com/watch/alice-...