David Farrar: The worst Employment Court decision ever

The Court of Appeal has overturned a decision of the Employment Court which was arguably the stupidest judicial decision in recent times.

Basically the Employment Court had decided that the minimum wage laws set a fortnightly minimum wage, not an hourly minimum wage and that part-time staff had to be paid a minimum wage of 80 hours a fortnight, even if they only worked one day a fortnight.