Submissions to the  Minimum Wage [Abolition of Age Discrimination] Amendment Bill - the bill ending youth rates- closed in April 2006.  The bill is currently being considered by the Transport and Industrial Relations [1] select committee.  This section of the website has been retained with background information and policy resources for groups campaigning this year to end age discrimination against young workers

Making a short submission on Sue Bradfords youth rates bill

The CTU prepared a short guide for groups who were making a a submission - d [2]ownload it here [2]. (Note: submissions closed April 2006).

Information if you are making a more detailed submission

The CTU complied the following resources for groups wanting to make a more detailed submission on the Minimum Wage (Abolition of Age Discrimination) Amendment Bill.

Research, policy, submission guides

- You can get a copy of the bill from the Knowledge-Basket site here [3], or you can download a PDF or Word Document version from Sue Bradfords page here [4]

- Caritas [5] 2003 survey of 5000 young people at Catholic schools on their experience of work.
Download it here [6]

- Dunedin College of Education 2003 report Young People and Work.
Download it here [7]

- The CTU and PPTAs research paper in 1999 on the effect of paid work on secondary school students.
Download it here [8]

- Treasury research on the effects of the minimum wage increases on young workers (which found no adverse effects on youth employment from previous youth minimum wage rises)
Click here [9] to download the report from Treasurys website

- Page 22 to 26 of the CTUs submission last year on the review of the minimum wage has policy detail on youth rates.
Download the submission here [10]

- The report to the Minister of Labour on the 2005 review of the minimum wage was released late last year. Appendix E outlines the numbers of workers affected by minimum wage increases and the scrapping of youth rates.  Click here [11] to download "Minimum Wage Review 2005: officials report" from the Department of Labours website

- Sue Bradford is the sponsor of the bill and her submission guide is here [12]

Media, opinion peices

- Ross Wilson Dominion Post column, 31.1.06 [13]

- Dominion Post editorial Feb 3 2006, in favour of scrapping youth rates [14] .  (link now inactive: email samh@nzctu.org.nz [15] for a faxed, posted copy)

- Minimum wage rise backed [16] - story in Dominion Post, 27.2.06, on a Sherwin Chan Walshe survey of Wellington businesses regarding minimum wage rises and youth rates. NB: this link to the stuff website doesnt have the table of results that appeared in the hardcopy of the DomPost - email samh@nzctu.org.nz [17], and we can fax you a copy.

- There is more information about the Youth Rates campaign, including media releases, opinion articles and information about Sue Bradfords bill here [18]