Rise in 'pandemic clauses' leaving workers without pay
A worker at Amazon Surf told Stuff that some staff were not being paid at all during the lockdown because their contracts stated that they needed to take unpaid leave if a pandemic closed the business. The worker, whom Stuff has agreed not to name, said the company required staff to take unpaid leave if either they could not work or the business required them to not to work, for three days or longer, due to “unforeseen circumstances” beyond either party's control. Ministry of Health Events included a pandemic or other act of God ‘’unless the parties otherwise agree”. When the ...
Source: stuff.co.nz