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They were concerned customers would react badly, “but to be honest most people are very understanding”. A rise in the minimum wage meant everybody’s wages had to rise to maintain a gap between skilled and unskilled workers, increasing the overall labour cost, she said.
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The minimum wage rise on April 1 was the “last straw” for Dunedin cafe owner and academic Paula O’Kane. It removed the flexibility for the employer, and did not necessarily improve productivity for the business, or wellbeing for the workers, she said. “I would suggest that getting rewarded for not doing anything just by the Government doesn’t in and of itself help people’s physical and mental wellbeing.”