23 May 2019

People with disabilities being paid less

From Lately, 10:20 am on 23 May 2019

The New Zealand Herald is reporting a blind woman is being paid just $2.30 an hour in her job, untangling Air New Zealand headphones. The woman is employed by Altus Enterprises, a not-for-profit company which hires people with disabilities and has been contracted by Air New Zealand for more than 50 years. The news comes as no surprise to Tanya Colvin from the Blind Foundation, who says there are many sheltered workshops like this that exist in New Zealand. Emile is joined by Tanya and Altus Enterprises CEO Martin Wylie to talk about how people with disabilities are abled to be paid less then the minimum wage.