Otago-Southland Employers Association solicitor Stu Adamson, Business New Zealand employment relations manager Paul Mackay and OSEA senior solicitor David Browne. Mr Mackay said a strong relationship between all of the associations and Business NZ was essential. "Since 2016 through to 2019, mid-last year, there was a very large amount of legislative change," Mr Adamson said. The increase of the minimum wage to $18.90 in April was a policy that would hurt Otago and Southland employers that were typically "small and long-standing businesses," Mr Mackay said. Mr Mackay gave an anecdote about a restaurant near South Dunedin.

Source: Otago Daily Times February 23, 2020 15:33 UTC