http://nz.news.yahoo.com/a/-/latest/8617924/calls-for-youth-wage/Calls for youth wage
The Hospitality Association wants the youth wage reinstated.
It follows figures showing New Zealand's youth unemployment rate in the third quarter of last year was over 19% - higher than the OECD average.
Chief Executive Bruce Robertson told Newstalk ZB's Susan Wood the industry needs more young people to make careers in hospitality.
"The loss of the youth rate has created disincentives for employers to take on people that simply aren't prepared for work," he said.
Bruce Robertson wants New Zealanders to move away from the philosophy that a person isn't successful unless they go to university.
Paying someone less just because of their age is discrimination. Cheap fuckers!
