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Professor scoffs at chamber’s living wage legal challenge

Local government legal expert says Wellington Chamber of Commerce's court action is “totally unfounded and without any legal basis."
 
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Nick Grant
Tue, 10 Nov 2015

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A leading academic expert in local government law believes the Wellington Chamber of Commerce’s court action against the Wellington Council’s decision to pay its security contractors a living wage is

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Nick Grant
Tue, 10 Nov 2015
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