Youth Rates Protest, Britomart, Auckland CBD. August 2007.

Protesting for the end to youth rates. Under NZ law if you're between 16 and 17 you employer is legally entitled to pay you less than an 18 year old.

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It's argued that this is because younger workers have less skills, but it's kind of odd that at on your 18th birthday suddenly you're worth $2 more than the day before, yet you gained no additional skills. The law has now been changed to state that for the first 200 hours of your employment, you're to be paid 20% less than your adult peers. I still don't think this is acceptable, does this mean that you only have to do 80% of the work? If a 30 year old enters a new industry with no skills in that industry should they be paid only 80% of the wage to reflect their lack of skill until they've been there for 3 months? Shouldn't the same employment rights and protections be given to everyone regardless of age?
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Ilford Delta 400 Pro.
Braun Gloria.
Scanned 6x6inch print.




Update:
Now offering prints on this image self printed/developed Gelatin Silver gloss prints, in 6x6 and up, perhaps up to 12x12 inch on heavy weight archival paper mounted on acid free board, individually signed and numbered by myself. These will be a limited run only and shipped personally.

I might offer prints through DeviantArts print system, but a digital reprint of a silver based photo will never come close to the purity from a enlarged copy of the original negative. (feel free to disagree but I do believe it is better on so many levels and will last much longer than most digital inks).