Wage subsidy test case proceeds to court

Wage subsidy test case proceeds to court
Victoria Young
A test case on how the wage subsidy operates for those who wanted to work, but couldn’t during the first covid-19 lockdown, will go to the Employment Court in October.Lobby group Business NZ and the NZ Council of Trade Unions are intervening in the case between Gate Gourmet and union Aviation Workers United.  This is because the decision is expected to have wider impacts beyond the Swiss flight catering company and its workers.In a judgment dated Aug. 26, Employment Court chief judge Christina Inglis convened a full court to hear Gat...

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